Nianing
Appearance
Nianing | |
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Coordinates: 14°21′0″N 16°56′0″W / 14.35000°N 16.93333°W | |
Land | Senegal |
Region | Thiès |
Department | M'bour |
Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,448 |
Nianing is a city in Petite Côte, Senegal, south of Dakar, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from M'Bour.
History
[edit]Nianing was once a major trading post for cotton and peanuts.
Today, the city is situated on the main road that leads from M'Bour to Joal-Fadiouth.
Administration
[edit]Nianing is part of the rural community of Malicounda in M'bour Department, Thiès.
Geography
[edit]The nearest towns are Saly, M'Bour, Warang, Gagnabougou, Pointe-Sarène, Ponto, and Nianing Boro
Population
[edit]According to PEPAM (Water and Sanitation Program for the Millennium), there are 6448 people and 736 households in Nianing.
The population is predominantly Serer, mostly Catholic.
Economy
[edit]Fish constitute the primary natural resource in the area. The local economy also relies on livestock, agriculture, trade, and, recently, tourism.
See also
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Kamal El Jack. Un Centre de formation agricole : le cas de Nianing au Sénégal (in French).
- Brigitte Rasoloniaina (2000). Étude des représentations linguistiques des Sereer (Sénégal : Mbour, Nianing, Sandiara) (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan.
- Marguerite Schelechten (1988). Tourisme balnéaire ou tourisme rural intégré ? deux modèles de développement sénégalais (in French). Éditions universitaires. p. 442. ISBN 2-8271-0393-1.
External links
[edit]- (in French) Nianing on the PEPAM website
- (in French) Nianing on the website of the rural community of Malicounda