Pout is a town with commune status in Thiès Department in Thiès Region of Senegal. Its population in 2013 was 23,728. [1] It stands on the side of the N2 road, giving easy access to the large towns of Dakar and Saint-Louis.
Pout | |
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Town | |
  Pout Location in Senegal | |
| Coordinates: 14°46′26″N 17°3′37″W / 14.77389°N 17.06028°W | |
| Country |  Senegal |
| Region | Thiès Region |
| Department | Thiès Department |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 23,728 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
The town, in an area traditionally peopled by Sereer, has developed rapidly as a result of industrialisation. It was made a commune de ville in 1990.
Surrounded by forest, it is also a vegetable and fruit growing area where mangos, mandarins and oranges are produced. The industrial activity includes agricultural machine fabrication, salt and cement production and the export offruit and vegetables.
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- ^ "Senegal: administrative units, extended". GeoHive. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- Partly based on the article in French Wikipedia
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