Tambacounda Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Tambacounda Region. It formerly covered an area of 20,328 km² and in 2005 had an estimated population of 342,204. However in 2005 it was reduced in size to make way for the new department, Koumpentoum Department.
Coordinates: 13°46′8″N 13°40′2″W / 13.76889°N 13.66722°W / 13.76889; -13.66722
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Famous quotes containing the word department:
““Which is more important to you, your field or your children?” the department head asked. She replied, “That’s like asking me if I could walk better if you amputated my right leg or my left leg.””
—Anonymous Parent. As quoted in Women and the Work Family Dilemma, by Deborah J. Swiss and Judith P. Walker, ch. 2 (1993)