Ndiass is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and rural community in the M'bour Department

M'bour Department

' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region. Its capital is M'Bour....

 in the Thies Region

Thiès Region

-Administrative divisions:Thiès is divided in 3 departments , 11 communes, 10 arrondissements, and 31 communautés rurales.-Departments:The departments of Thies region are:*M'bour*Thiès*Tivaoune-Communes:In Thiès:*Pout*Khombole...

 of Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

. It is located 40 kilometres southeast of Dakar

Dakar

Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...

. According to PEPAM (Programme d'eau potable et d'assainissement du Millénaire), Diass has a population of 4794. Blaise Diagne International Airport

Blaise Diagne International Airport

The Blaise Diagne International Airport is an international airport under construction near the town of Ndiass, Senegal. It will serve as a new airport for Dakar, as the old Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is becoming too small for future operations...

 is being built here.

The main settlements are Diass, Ndeing, Ngam, Sakirack, Khoubite,Sahé and Escale.

Diass is home to many baobab

Baobab

Adansonia is a genus of eight species of tree, six native to Madagascar, one native to mainland Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and one to Australia. The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island....

. The Popenguine Nature Reserve and Bandia Reserve are close and share the same ecosystem

Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....

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The main language is Saafi

Saafi language

Safene , or Saafi-Saafi, is the principal Cangin language, spoken by 114,000 people in Senegal. Speakers are heavily concentrated in the area surrounding Dakar, particularly in the Thies Region....

 but also Wolof

Wolof language

Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, and is the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger–Congo language family...

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