Ziguinchor Department

Ziguinchor Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of three located in the Ziguinchor Region in the south-west of the country.

The department has a single urban commune, that of Ziguinchor

The department is also divided administratively into two arrondissements, Niaguis Arrondissement and Nyassia Arrondissement which are in turn split into rural communities (Communautés rurales).


 * Niaguis Arrondissement:
 * Adéane
 * Niaguis
 * Boutoupa-Camaracounda
 * Nyassia Arrondissement:
 * Enampore
 * Nyassia

Historic sites

 * Saint-Antoine de Padoue Cathedral, Ziguinchor
 * Palais de Justice, Ziguinchor
 * Government building, Ziguinchor
 * Regional council building, Ziguinchor
 * Baobab tree at Boutoupa, Niaguis Arrondissement. (200 years old, a place of worship for women where men were forbidden)
 * Grand Mosque of Santhiaba, Ziguinchor
 * Cemetery (mixed Islamic and Christian), Route du Sud, Ziguinchor
 * Dialang Bantang fromager tree at Niéfoulène Ziguinchor, place of worship for Diola and Mandingo women, Ziguinchor
 * Impluvium houses of the Kingdom of Bandial