Tivaouane
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Place details
- Locality
- Tivaouane
- Region
- Thiès
- Country
- Sénégal
- Population
- 102,658
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tivaouane
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City and commune
- Settlement.total_type
- City and commune
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_map1
- Tivaouane arrondissements.png
- Settlement.mapsize1
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption1
- Arrondissements of the Tivaouane Department
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Senegal
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Senegal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Thiès
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tivaouane
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Demba Diop dit Diop Sy
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 16.28
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Senegal
- Country
- Senegal
- Located in
- Tivaouane Department
- Population
- 102658
- Area
- 16.280
- Elevation
- 56
- Image
- Tivaouane1.JPG
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- Tivaouane
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Administration
- Geography
- Population
- Economy
- See also
- Bibliography
- Notes
- External links
Tivaouane or Tivawan (; ) is a city and urban commune located in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
==History== Tivaouane was part of the Wolof kingdom of Cayor, and was at one time its capital. It was first described to Europeans in the 15th century by Venetian explorer Luigi Cada-Mosto.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tivaouane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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