Guédiawaye department
Department in Senegal
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Guédiawaye department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal and one of the four making up Dakar region on the Cap-Vert peninsula.[1]
Guédiawaye | |
|---|---|
 Guédiawaye | |
 Location in the Dakar Region | |
| Country |  Senegal |
| Region | Dakar region |
| Department | Guédiawaye |
| Area | |
• Total | 13 km2 (5.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 329,659 |
| • Density | 25,000/km2 (66,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Subdivisions
It comprises a single arrondissement, Guédiawaye Arrondissement, which is subdivided into five communes d'arrondissement :
- Ndiarème-Limamoulaye
- Golf
- Sam-Notaire
- Wakhinane-Nimzatt
- Médina-Gounass
Population
In the census of December 2002 the population of the department was recorded as 258,370. In 2005, it was estimated at 286,989.
