Its name (Fatick), including its region and department take their names from one of the Serer maternal clans (Fatik)—which derives from the Serer term Fati Ubadik ("we have more to go").[4] The name is also spelled Patik following its pronunciation which is the same as the Fatik matriclan. The 15th century King of Sine Wasilla Faye named it after his father's matriclan. His father was a member of the Patik matriclan.
The city has several ancient sites classified as historical monuments and added to the World heritage list.[5] There is also the site of Mind Ngo Mindiss, located in the Sine River, where libations and offerings are made, the site of Ndiobaye, where traditional ceremonies takes place, and Ndeb Jab, which houses a sacred tree at Ndiaye-Ndiaye. These sites are sacred places in Serer religion.[6] The Xooy ceremony (or Khoy), performed by the Serer high priests and priestesses (the Saltigues), takes place at Fatick once a year.[7]
Geography
Fatick is located "in the savanna belt of the West African Sahel, a sandy arid region south of the Sahara desert."[8] The nearest towns are Nerane, Pourham, Mbirk Pourham and Tok. Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is located 155km away.
In the censuses of 1988 and 2002, the estimate population figures were 18,416 and 23,149 respectively. In 2007, according to official estimates, the population was 24,855.
Economy
Since the peanut trade is losing momentum, salt marshes are the main local resource.
Twinning
Relationships exist with Montoir-de-Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique, France), through the René Guy Cadou middle school's “Club Sénégal” association, as well as with the association “Les Pirogues du Cœur,” which supports the elementary school in Sagne by reestablishing the school cafeteria two days a week and sending school supplies.
Mame Mélanie Loquais, born in Saint-Hilaire de Chaléons (Loire-Atlantique, France) in 1895, was a sister of the Catholic mission in Fatick who, from 1946 onwards, contributed to the creation of a school that still bears her name: the Mame Mélanie FATICK school. She died and has been buried in Fatick since 1996.[10]
↑Dioh, Irénée Guilane, Les hologrammes du seereer: parler de Faajut, Sénégal, Fasal (2009), pp. 108, 111, 112, ISBN9782912436627
↑Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Département d'Histoire, "Ñirohmol, un village déserté du Diokoul (Saloum) (XIVe-XXe siècle): histoire et archéologie", p 24
↑African Studies Quarterly, Volume 14, Issue 3 (March 2014), "Fed Up: Creating a New Type of Senegal through the Arts", Guest Editors: Enz, Molly Krueger and Bryson, Devin, Published by the Center for African Studies, University of Florida, p. 36 (note 5), ISSN2152-2448Archived 15 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 4 June 2018)
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