Gandiaye
Gandiaye | |
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Town and commune | |
 Bus station in Gandiaye | |
  Gandiaye Location within Senegal | |
| Coordinates: 14°14′36″N 16°16′23″W / 14.24340°N 16.27313°W | |
| Country |  Senegal |
| Region | Kaolack Region |
| Department | Kaolack Department |
| Area | |
| 3.924 km2 (1.515 sq mi) | |
| Population (2023 census)[1] | |
| 18,239 | |
| • Density | 4,648/km2 (12,040/sq mi) |
The town and urban commune of Gandiaye in the Department of Kaolack, central Senegal, lies along National Route 1 about 24 kilometers from Kaolack. It had a population of 18,239 (2023 census) consisting of the Serer, Wolof, Fula,[2] Bambara and Jola) ethnic groups.
The rural towns of Thiomby, le Dya, and Ndiebel are located in the surrounding rural commune of Thiomby.[3] The economy is mainly agricultural, marketing to highway traffic. Outsiders come to fish in the Saloum River tributaries.
As of 2002[update] the Mayor of Gandiaye was Dr. El Hadji Gueye. The area is Muslim, Catholic and adherents to Serer religion. The town has a Muslim and a Catholic cemetery.
Notable residents
[edit]- Seynabou Male Cissé (born 1952), teacher and activist.[4][5]
External links
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Citypopulation.de Population and area of Gandiaye Commune
- ↑ In French: Peul or Peulh; in Fula: Fulɓe.
- ↑ Citypopulation.de Population and area of Thiomby Commune
- ↑ "Seynabou Male Cissé, senegaldar ekintzailea 2023ko Ignacio Ellacuría Saria, bakearen eta emakumeen eskubideen alde egindako lanagatik". Basque Government (in Basque). 13 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Seynabou Male Cissé". Géantes Invisibles (in French). Archived from the original on 12 February 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
14°14′N 16°16′W / 14.233°N 16.267°W
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