Annotation Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 17. Chapters: Bakel Department, Bambey Department, Bignona Department, Birkilane Department, Bounkiling Department, Dagana Department, Senegal, Dakar Department, Diourbel Department, Fatick Department, Foundiougne Department, Gossas Department, Goudiry Department, Goudomp Department, Guediawaye Department, Guinguineo Department, Kaffrine Department, Kanel Department, Kaolack Department, Kebemer Department, Kedougou Department, Kolda Department, Koumpentoum Department, Koungheul Department, Linguere Department, Louga Department, M'bour Department, Malem Hodar Department, Matam Department, Mbacke Department, Medina Yoro Foulah Department, Nioro du Rip Department, Oussouye Department, Pikine Department, Podor Department, Ranerou Ferlo Department, Rufisque Department, Saint-Louis Department, Salemata Department, Saraya Department, Sedhiou Department, Tambacounda Department, Thies Department, Tivaouane Department, Velingara Department, Ziguinchor Department. Excerpt: Bignona Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Ziguinchor Region. The department is divided administratively into four arrondissements, Diouloulou Arrondissement, Sindian Arrondissement, Tendouck Arrondissement and Tenghory Arrondissement which are in turn split into rural communities (Communautes rurales) and then villages. Bignona Department arrondissements Communautes rurales: Communautes rurales: -valign=top- Communautes rurales: Dakar Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Dakar Region. The departement of Dakar is one of the four departements of the Dakar region, which is one of the 11 regions of Senegal. The Dakar region encompasses the city of Dakar and all its suburbs along the Cape Verde Peninsula. Its territory is thus roughly the same as the territory of the metropolitan area of Dakar. Since the administrative reforms of 1996, the regions of Senegal, which until then were merely local administrative structures of the central state, have been turned into full-fledged political units, with democratically elected regional councils, and regional presidents. They were given extensive powers, and manage economic development, transportation, or environmental protection issues at the regional level, thus coordinating the actions of the communes below them. The departement of Dakar is divided into four arrondissements: Almadies, Grand Dakar, Parcelles Assainies (which literally means "drained lots"; this is the most populous arrondissement of Dakar), and Plateau/Goree (downtown Dakar). These arrondissements are quite different from the arrondissements of Paris, being merely local administrative structures of the central state, like the Senegalese departements, and are thus more comparable to French departmental arrondissements. MapIn 1996, a massive reform of the administrative and political divisions of Senegal was voted by the Parliament of Senegal. The commune of Dakar, whose population approached 1 million.