Villages of Senegal

The Villages of Senegal are the lowest level administrative division of Senegal. They are constituted "by the grouping of several families or carrés in a single agglomeration.".

Villages are grouped together in rural communities. They are administered by an individual entitled village chief (French: chef du village).

At the time of the 1988 census there were 13,544 villages in Senegal. In 2013, there were 14,958

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