M'bour Department

M'bour
Department
Location in the Thiès Region
Country	Senegal
Region	Thiès Region
Capital	M'bour
Area
• Total	1,607 km2 (620 sq mi)
Population  (2023 census)
• Total	937,189
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

M'bour Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, one of three in the Thiès Region. Its capital is M'Bour.^[1]

The department has 8 urban communes; Joal-Fadiouth, Mbour, Nguékhokh, Thiadiaye, Saly Portudal, Ngaparou, Somone and Popenguine. Since 2018, the department will be creating its first Planned urban city, named Akon City or in French, Ville d'Akon.

The rural districts (communautés rurales) are:

• Arrondissement of Fissel:
  • Fissel
  • Ndiaganiao
• Arrondissement of Séssène:
  • Séssène
  • Nguéniène
• Arrondissement de Sindia:
  • Sindia
  • Malicounda
  • Diass