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Meckhe
Sign in to saveMeckhe is a town and urban commune in Senegal, which is located in the north-west of the country, between Dakar and Saint-Louis. It lies in the department of Tivaouane within the region of Thiès. It had a population of 27,566 in 2023.
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- Locality
- Meckhe
- Region
- Thiès
- Country
- Sénégal
- Population
- 27,566
- Timezone
- Africa/Dakar
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Meckhe
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and commune
- Settlement.total_type
- Town and commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Meckhe1.JPG
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Senegal
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Senegal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Thiès Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tivaouane
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.342
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 27,566
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Meckhe is a town and urban commune in Senegal, which is located in the north-west of the country, between Dakar and Saint-Louis. It lies in the department of Tivaouane within the region of Thiès. It had a population of 27,566 in 2023.
Economical activity is centered on agriculture, handicrafts, commerce and cattle breeding.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meckhe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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