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Diourbel lies on the N3 road linking it to Dakar.

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Diourbel

Senegal

Country
Senegal
Population
100.0K
Coordinates
14.66, -16.23
1073rd most populous city in the world

Diourbel is a town and urban commune in Senegal lying east of Thiès. It is known for its mosque and local groundnut industry and is the capital of the Diourbel Region. The population in 2023 was 157,554.

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Diourbel is served by a junction station on the Dakar-Niger Railway.

Diourbel
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Diourbel

Senegal

Country
Senegal
Population
100.0K
Coordinates
14.66, -16.23
1073rd most populous city in the world

Diourbel is a town and urban commune in Senegal lying east of Thiès. It is known for its mosque and local groundnut industry and is the capital of the Diourbel Region. The population in 2023 was 157,554.

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Diourbel is twinned with Avignon, France.

Diourbel
Senegal
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Diourbel

Senegal

Country
Senegal
Population
100.0K
Coordinates
14.66, -16.23
1073rd most populous city in the world

Diourbel is a town and urban commune in Senegal lying east of Thiès. It is known for its mosque and local groundnut industry and is the capital of the Diourbel Region. The population in 2023 was 157,554.

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Serigne Abdou Ahad Mbacké, the third Mouride caliph, was born in 1914 in Diourbel.

Diourbel
Senegal
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Diourbel

Senegal

Country
Senegal
Population
100.0K
Coordinates
14.66, -16.23
1073rd most populous city in the world

Diourbel is a town and urban commune in Senegal lying east of Thiès. It is known for its mosque and local groundnut industry and is the capital of the Diourbel Region. The population in 2023 was 157,554.

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Mohamed Mbougar Sarr is a writer and winner of the prestigious prix Goncourt.

Diourbel
Senegal
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Diourbel

Senegal

Country
Senegal
Population
100.0K
Coordinates
14.66, -16.23
1073rd most populous city in the world

Diourbel is a town and urban commune in Senegal lying east of Thiès. It is known for its mosque and local groundnut industry and is the capital of the Diourbel Region. The population in 2023 was 157,554.

From the “Notable people” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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