Administration
Tambacounda is the capital of Tambacounda Department (which includes three administrative regions) and the large Tambacounda Region.
Souty Touré, the current mayor, was formerly a government minister under Abdou Diouf, and was the founder of the Parti socialiste authentique (PSA) political party. The PSA has only one seat in the legislature, and Tambacounda is its political base.
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