Dakar Region

Dakar région is the smawest an maist populatit région o Senegal, encompassin the caipital ceety o the kintra, Dakar, an aw its suburbs alang the Cap–Vert Peninsulae, Africae's maist wasterly point. Admeenistration The Dakar région is dividit intae fower départements (admeenistrative structurs athoot poleetical pouer, unlike the French départements): Dakar département The Dakar département is a commune (ceety) an aw. This is a situation comparable tae Paris which is baith a département an a commune. The département /commune o Dakar is further dividit intae: 4 arrondissements, which are admeenistrative structurs athoot hintle pouer. The arrondissements are further dividit intae: 19 communes d'arrondissement (i.e. "communes o arrondissement"). The communes d'arrondissement hae a lot o pouer, unlike the arrondissements o Paris, an are mair comparable tae the Lunnon burghs. Guédiawaye département The Guédiawaye département a commune (ceety) an aw. This département haes anerlie ane arrondissement, so that Guédiawaye is baith a département an an arrondissement. The département /arrondissement/commune o Guédiawaye is further dividit intae: 5 communes d'arrondissement Pikine département The Pikine département is a commune (ceety) an aw. The département /commune o Pikine is further dividit into: 3 arrondissements, which are further dividit intae: 16 communes d'arrondissement Rufisque département The Rufisque département is made up o twa arrondissements an three communes directly unner the département: Rufisque arrondissement, which is also a commune (ceety). The arrondissement/commune of Rufisque is further dividit intae: 3 communes d'arrondissement Sangalkam arrondissement, which, admeenistratively speakin, is the anerlie rural pairt o the Dakar région. The Sangalkam arrondissement is further dividit intae: 2 communautés rurales (i.e. "rural communities"): Yenne and Sangalkam commune o Bargny (this commune is not divided into communes d'arrondissement) commune o Sébikotane (this commune is no dividit intae communes d'arrondissement) commune o Diamniadio (this commune is no divided intae communes d'arrondissement) Table o Admeenistrative Sub-diveesions Conclusion Athin the Dakar région, the anerlie poleetically significant units (i.e. those who hae electit offeecials an wield a significant pouer) are: the 7 communes, the 2 communautés rurales, an the 43 communes d'arrondissement. References Freemit airtins (in French)Regional Council of Dakar official website Archived 2005-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (in French)Collectivités locales de Dakar from Republic of Senegal Government site, l'Agence de l'informatique de l'État (ADIE). Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine (in French)Décret fixant le ressort territorial et le chef lieu des régions et des départements, décret n°2002-166 du 21 février 2002. (in French)Code des collectivités locales Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, Loi n° 96-06 du 22 mars 1996.