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Bambey
Sign in to saveBambey is a town and urban commune located in the Diourbel Region of Senegal. It will host the Petanque events at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bambey
- Region
- Diourbel Region
- Country
- Sénégal
- Population
- 37,374
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bambey
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and commune
- Settlement.total_type
- Town and commune
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Senegal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Senegal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Diourbel Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bambey
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 10.27
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 37374
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Senegal
- Located in
- Bambey Department
- Head of government
- Aida Mbodj
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- Commons category
- Bambey
- P8168
- Eric Singleton
- P12749
- 1578
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Transport
- Climate
- References
Bambey is a town and urban commune located in the Diourbel Region of Senegal. It will host the Petanque events at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics.
== Transport == The town lies on the N3 road connecting it to Dakar and is also served by a mainline station on the Dakar-Niger Railway.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bambey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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