Rufisque department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal and one of the four which make up the Dakar region.

There are six urban communes within the department: Bargny, Sébikotane, Diamniadio, Jaxaay-Parcelle-Niakoul Rap, Sangalkam and Sendou. The rest of the department is divided into two arrondissements.

• Rufisque Arrondissement is subdivided into three communes de arrondissement: Rufisque Est, Rufisque Nord and Rufisque Ouest.
• Bambylor Arrondissement is subdivided into 3 rural districts (communautés rurales);
  • Yéne
  • Bambylor
  • Tivaouane Peulh-Niaga

• The historic centre or Old Rufisque, lying between the East Canal, the West Canal, the railway line and the seafront.
• National printworks
• Former William Ponty school at Sébikotane
• Ancient dunes at Kounoune, Neolithic site
• Lake Retba, The Rose Lake or Pink Lake (coloured pink by algae)

14°43′01″N 17°16′01″W / 14.717°N 17.267°W / 14.717; -17.267