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13-557: Thies may refer to Thiès , a city in Senegal Université de Thiès in Senegal Olympique Thiès , a Senegalese football club Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès Thiès Department Thiès Region in western Senegal Thies (name) See also [ edit ] Thiers (disambiguation) Thiess (disambiguation) Thys Thijs Topics referred to by

26-444: A productive agricultural hinterland, producing rice , peanuts , manioc , millet , and fruit . The city is also a leading livestock -trading and meat -packing center. It has rail yards and repair shops, and aluminum phosphate deposits are worked at nearby Palo Dial and Taïba . The phosphate mined here is valuable as a fertiliser and is one of Senegal's largest exports. Today, Thiès is developing increasingly as an extension of

39-510: Is a peninsula in Senegal and the westernmost point of the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasia mainland. Portuguese explorers called it Cabo Verde or "Green Cape". The Cape Verde islands, 570 kilometres (350 mi) further west, are named after the cape. Dakar , the capital of Senegal, occupies parts including its southern tip. The peninsula marks the border between Grande Côte to

52-508: Is best known for its tapestry -making industry, an exclusive factory having been set up in 1966, producing work designed by Senegal's top artists. The famous Birds of Paradise tapestry was manufactured in Thiès. The city also contains a polytechnic school, the University of Thiès . In the 1960s, French truck manufacturer Berliet had a small assembly plant here. Thiès is the transportation hub of

65-609: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thi%C3%A8s Before colonization , the Thiès Plateau was a wooded frontier between the kingdoms of Cayor and Baol inhabited by the Serer-Noon , an ethnic sub-group of the Serer people . The Serer-Noon still inhabit the Thiès-Nones neighborhood of the south-west city today. They speak

78-613: Is the largest school in the city and one of the biggest of Senegal. Many Senegalese politicians were trained in this school which also produced many laureates of the Senegalese General Contest. Thiès is twinned with: 14°47′N 16°55′W  /  14.783°N 16.917°W  / 14.783; -16.917 Cap-Vert Cap-Vert , or the Cape Verde Peninsula , and Kap Weert or Bopp bu Nëtëx (in Wolof ),

91-483: The Cap-Vert Peninsula (Dakar and Rufisque ). The railways brought commercial development and migrant laborers, including Bambara from eastern regions of Senegal and from Mali . The rail workers of Thiès played a key role in the emergence of Senegal's labor movement . Their strikes in 1937 and again from 1947 to 1948 also marked the development of the independence movement across French West Africa . Thiès

104-515: The Noon language , one of the Cangin languages . The village of Dianxene, belonging to the kingdom of Cayor, was founded on the strategically important plateau in the 17th century. In 1860, it had only 75 inhabitants. The French founded a military post there in 1864, becoming an important force in the city's development ever since. The Spiritans founded a mission there in the late 19th century to help protect

117-427: The congested Cap-Vert Peninsula. It is attracting industrial investments (electrical and mechanical engineering) and there are plans to link it to Dakar by highway and commuter train . Other attractions in Thiès include a museum , an artisanal and crafts village and a few remains of old fortifications . École Française Docteur René Guillet , a French international school, is located in Thiès. Malick Sy high school

130-694: The first president of independent Senegal, was elected mayor of Thiès in November 1956. At first a simple rail stop, or "escale", on the Dakar-Saint Louis line (completed in 1885) Thiès became a rail junction with the Dakar-Niger line (built 1906–1923). The national network of paved roads created after World War II likewise converged on Thiès (the N3 road joins the N2 road in the town), which thus commands nearly all access to

143-538: The local population from raids out of Mauretania seeking to capture slaves. In 1885, the Dakar–Saint-Louis railway , the first rail line in French West Africa, opened with a stop in Thiès. The French colonial administration created the commune of Thiès in 1904. As an important railway junction, the city was an important site during the general strikes of 1945-1946 and 1947-1948. Léopold Sédar Senghor , later

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156-524: The north and Petite Côte to the south. It is delimited by two capes , Pointe des Almadies to the northwest and cap Manuel to the southeast. The larger of the Deux Mamelles volcanic hills in Dakar is topped by Les Mamelles Lighthouse at its highest point. 14°44′41″N 17°31′13″W  /  14.74472°N 17.52028°W  / 14.74472; -17.52028 This Senegal location article

169-477: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Thies . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thies&oldid=1087782477 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Short description

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