Place:M'Bour, Thiès, Senegal

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NameM'Bour
Alt namesM'Boursource: WeRelate abbreviation
Mboursource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates14.367°N 16.9°W
Located inThiès, Senegal
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M'Bour or Mbour (; Wolof: Mbuur), is a city in the Thiès Region of Senegal. It lies on the Petite Côte, approximately eighty kilometers south of Dakar. It is home to a population of nearly 233,000 (2013 census).

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.

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