The
Conseil Régional building in
Ziguinchor. Regions, unlike Departments or Arrondissements (but like Communes), have defined administrative and political power in Senegal.
Senegal is subdivided into 14 regions (régions, singular – région), each of which is administered by a Conseil Régionaux elected by population weight at the Arrondissement level. Senegal is further subdivided by 34 départements, 103 arrondissements (neither of which have administrative function) and by collectivités locales (the 14 régions, 110 communes, and 320 communautés rurales) which elect administrative officers.[1] Three of these regions were created on September 10, 2008, when Kaffrine Region split from Kaolack, Kédougou region split from Tambacounda, and Sédhiou region split from Kolda.
To date, all regions take their name from their regional capitals except Sédhiou, which was formerly a Department.
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