Koungheul Department

Koungheul is the name of one of 35 Departments of Senegal, as well as Koungheul Arrondissement, and Koungheul, the principal town of the Department.

In 2006, the new Koungheul Department was created as a division of Kaolack Region, and carved out of the eastern half of the Kaffrine Department. [See [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_de_Koungheul Département de Koungheul] at fr:wiki.
fr [http://www.seneweb.com/news/article/6157.php « Décentralisation - Koungheul érigé en département : Totale satisfaction des populations »] (article du 19 octobre 2006, "Le Quotidien")
fr [http://echo-senegal.africa-web.org/article.php3?id_article=136 « Le nouveau préfet, Ousmane Kane, installé à Koungheul »] (article du "Soleil", 26 avril 2007)]

*Koungheul "arrondissement" with One "commune" (town).
**Koungheul
*Maka-Yop "arrondissement" with Six "communautés rurales" (rural communities).
**Gainte Pathé
**Ida Mouride
**Lour Escale
**Maka-Yop
**Ribot Escale
**Saly Escale

The 11 Regions of Senegal are subdivided into 35 departments and 103 arrondissements (neither of which have administrative function) and by "collectivités locales" (the 11 "régions", 110 "communes", and 320 "communautés rurales") which elect administrative officers. [ [http://www.uael.sn/article.php3?id_article=32 List of current local elected officials] from Union des "Associations d’ Elus Locaux (UAEL) du Sénégal". See also the law creating current local government structures: fr [http://www.demarches.gouv.sn/collectivites-locales/pdf/code-collec-locales-sen.pdf Code des collectivités locales] , Loi n° 96-06 du 22 mars 1996.]

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