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Thiès
City in Thiès Region, Senegal

Thiès

Thiès is the third largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023.

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It lies 72 km (45 mi) east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis. It is the capital of Thiès Region and is a major industrial city.

Get in

Getting to Thiès

Thies is 60 km east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and Saint-Louis. There is one daily train connecting with Diamniadio, in the eastern suburbs of Dakar, from where it's possible to continue to central Dakar with fast TER trains.

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    Thiès

    Ave General de Gaulle.

See

Worth seeing

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    Abbaye Keur Moussa Ne
Eat

Where to eat

Les Delices, 373 Av. Lamine Gueye,. 24 hours daily. Pasta, omelettes, pizzas, grills, oriental and Asian specialties, salads, fish, sandwiches, hamburgers. Also pastries and desserts. Pamanda, Guinth Rue Amadou Sow,. 24 hours daily. They offer different types of Senegalese cuisines, snacks, and at affordable prices.

How locals move

Getting around Thiès the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • taxi clando

OpenStreetMap contributors.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.