COUNTRY: Senegal
List description: Cities with over 20,000 inhabitants
| CITY | REGION | TYPE |
AREA (SQ.KM)
|
POP 051231 p
|
POP. 091231 p
|
| Bambey | Diourbel | C |
na
|
22,113
|
23,076
|
| Bargny | Dakar | C |
na
|
39,497
|
43,165
|
| MA |
Dakar
|
Dakar
|
Dakar
|
||
| Bignona | Ziguinchor | C |
na
|
26,509
|
27,626
|
| Dagana | Saint-Louis | C |
na
|
19,882
|
21,995
|
| Dahra | Louga | C |
na
|
29,203
|
32,666
|
| Dakar (a) | Dakar | C |
178.00
|
2,145,193
|
2,344,829
|
| MA |
550.00
|
2,452,656
|
2,680,852
|
||
| Diourbel | Diourbel | C |
na
|
98,905
|
101,984
|
| Fatick | Fatick | C |
na
|
24,243
|
25,467
|
| Joal-Fadiouth | Thiès | C |
na
|
36,725
|
41,558
|
| Kaffrine | Kaolack | C |
na
|
27,426
|
29,383
|
| Kaolack | Kaolack | C |
na
|
181,035
|
190,927
|
| Kolda | Kolda | C |
na
|
59,076
|
65,573
|
| Louga | Louga | C |
na
|
79,419
|
86,451
|
| Mbacké | Diourbel | C |
na
|
61,184
|
75,678
|
| MA |
Touba
|
Touba
|
Touba
|
||
| Mbour | Thiès | C |
na
|
170,875
|
193,368
|
| Nguékhokh | Thiès | C |
na
|
18,825
|
21,303
|
| Richard-Toll | Saint-Louis | C |
na
|
46,546
|
51,495
|
| Rufisque | Dakar | C |
na
|
154,975
|
169,370
|
| MA |
Dakar
|
Dakar
|
Dakar
|
||
| Saint-Louis | Saint-Louis | C |
na
|
165,038
|
177,662
|
| Sébikotane | Dakar | C |
na
|
20,098
|
21,966
|
| MA |
Dakar
|
Dakar
|
Dakar
|
||
| Sédhiou | Kolda | C |
na
|
19,527
|
20,762
|
| Tambacounda | Tambacounda | C |
na
|
74,472
|
83,345
|
| Thiès | Thiès | C |
na
|
253,969
|
273,218
|
| Tivaouane | Thiès | C |
na
|
39,425
|
40,269
|
| Touba (b) | Diourbel | C |
na
|
475,755
|
588,459
|
| MA |
na
|
536,939
|
664,137
|
||
| Vélingara | Kolda | C |
na
|
22,648
|
24,944
|
| Ziguinchor | Ziguinchor | C |
na
|
153,861
|
162,887
|
Notes:
(a): The city of Dakar is normally defined by the communes of Dakar, Guediawaye and Pikine.
(b): The data for the city of Touba is for the municipality of Touba Mosquee, which technically is classified as rural but is de facto mainly urban.
Sources:
Population projections: Direction de la Prévision et de la Statistique, Senegal
Definition of Touba MA: Unofficial definition by POC, including the municipalities of Touba Mosquee and Mbacké.
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