Diourbel
Diourbel is a city of the Senegal located at approximately 150 kilometers in the east of Dakar.
History
It is the historical capital of the basin arachidier, which represents its principal industry.Following the reduction in profitability of this activity, and to the increasing Turning into a desert of the campaigns, Diourbel is a city in the process of impoverishment, the proximity of the town of Touba (city created by the founder of the brotherhood Mouride) whose population growth can have weighed on the dynamics of Diourbel, which represents from now on especially a town of passage for many Senegaleses at the time of the pilgrimage known as of the Magal.
Administration
It is the place chief of the Département of Diourbel, a subdivision of the area of Diourbel.
Geography
The closest localities are Sessene, Dangol, Garhane, Under, Kankane, Ngoko and Tiebo.
Population
At the time of the censuses of 1988 and 2002, the population amounted respectively to 76.548 and 95.984 inhabitants.In 2007, according to the official estimates, Diourbel would count 100.445 people.
Economy
Personalities born in Diourbel
- Sheik Anta Diop (1923-1986), Historian and Anthropologist
- Makhtar Diaye, basketball player
Twinnings
See too
Internal bonds
- Movement of the citizens for a democracy of development, political party whose seat is in Diourbel
- National movement of the servants of the masses, whose seat is in Diourbel
- Senegalese Popular party, whose seat is in Diourbel
- Sonacos
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