M'bour, Thiès Region, Senegal
🇸🇳 M'Bour or Mbour, is a city in the Thiès Region of Senegal. It lies on the Petite Côte, approximately eighty km south of Dakar. The city's major industries are tourism, fishing and peanut processing. M'Bour is a tourist destination. It is situated on the "Little Coast" and connected to Dakar via the N1 road.
It is noteworthy for the orphanage and nursery for children run by the international NGO Vivre Ensemble, and for the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Senegal.
140 migrants drowned on October 29, 2020 when a boat from M'Bour that was bound for the Canary Islands capsized near Saint-Louis, Senegal.
**Historic sites ** • Residence at Popenguine and the Cap de Naze • Tumuli of the forest of Bandia • Church and Sanctuary of Popenguine • Fadiouth Island, Cemetery Island and Granaries on stilts • Fort of the Comptoir of Saly Portudal • Thiémassas prehistoric site • Little Seminary of Ngazobil • Senghor family house at Joal • Ndianda church • Sangomar, place of the Sereer cult, at Palmarin • Fangool and cannon at Mbalamson • Sereer Tumulus of Mbafaye at Godaguène Fissel.
Dakar Time
M'bour has a population of over 233,000 people. M'bour also forms the centre of the wider M'bour Department which has a population of over 668,878 people.
To set up a UBI Lab for M'bour see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
Twin Towns - Sister Cities M'bour has links with:
🇫🇷 Concarneau, France🇭🇳 Comayagüela 14.45
🇸🇩 Wad Madani 14.4
🇵🇭 Muntinlupa 14.395
🇬🇹 Villa Canales 14.389
🇵🇭 General Trias 14.386
🇵🇭 City of Muntinlupa 14.38
🇵🇭 City of Muntinglupa 14.38
Locations Near: M'bour -16.9667,14.4167
🇸🇳 Thiès -16.917,14.783 d: 41.1
🇸🇳 Rufisque -17.267,14.717 d: 46.4
🇸🇳 Dakar -17.441,14.674 d: 58.5
🇸🇳 Guédiawaye -17.394,14.776 d: 60.9
🇸🇳 Kaolack -16.075,14.139 d: 100.9
🇬🇲 Kanifing -16.681,13.443 d: 112.6
🇬🇲 Serrekunda -16.678,13.435 d: 113.5
Antipodal to: M'bour 163.033,-14.417
🇸🇧 Honiara 159.95,-9.433 d: 19367.4
🇻🇺 Port Vila 168.315,-17.737 d: 19340.8
🇳🇨 Koné 164.852,-21.059 d: 19251.8
🇳🇨 Nouméa 166.45,-22.267 d: 19070.8
🇵🇬 Buka 154.667,-5.417 d: 18658.9
🇫🇯 Lautoka 177.456,-17.611 d: 18433.8
🇦🇺 Hervey Bay 152.855,-25.29 d: 18405.8
🇦🇺 Fraser Coast 152.831,-25.291 d: 18404