Meckhe

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Meckhe

Total population

30,000

Elevation43 m

Land area6.34 km²

Coordinates15.11°, -16.63°

Demographic figures from ANSD Senegal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

A

Abdoul Aziz Ndao

Senegalese politician (1922-2011)

J

Jean Alfred Diallo

Senegalese politician (1911–2006)

O

Ousmane Ndiaye Dago

Senegalese photographer and artist (born 1951)

L

Lamin Mbaay

A

Alioune Badiane

urbanist and international bureaucrat

Bara Sapoko Ndiaye

Senegalese footballer (born 2007)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Senegal

• Ndoukoumane
  16.9 mi away
• Diayane None
  24.6 mi away
• Thiandene
  41.4 mi away
• Ngadji Sar
  59.5 mi away
• Konkoudia
  142 mi away
• Djinaky
  150.2 mi away
• Dianki
  155.8 mi away
• Madina Ndiathbé
  184.7 mi away
• Chelkhat Ghiarhoum
  287.4 mi away
• Khadara Bou el Harath
  290.3 mi away
• Varele
  293.5 mi away
• Hassi Chaggar
  303.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Meckhe, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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