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Dakar (/ d ɑː ˈ k ɑːr, d æ-/ UK also: / ˈ d æ k ɑːr /; [4] French:; Wolof: Ndakaaru) [5] is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023. Dakar is situated on the Cap-Vert peninsula, the westernmost point of ...
The history of Senegal is commonly divided into a number of periods, encompassing the prehistoric era, the precolonial period, colonialism, and the contemporary era. Paleolithic [ edit ]
Gorée merchants settle in Dakar. French build fort on Dakar Point. [1] 1862 – "Master plan for Dakar is drafted by Émile Pinet-Laprade." [2] 1863 Streets named. [2] Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia established. [3] 1867 - Port was opened for commerce. [4] 1872 – Town becomes part of the commune of Gorée. [5] 1878 – Population ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Senegal: Senegal – sovereign country located south of the Sénégal River in West Africa. [1] Senegal is bound by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south.
In 2016, the NBA announced the launch of an Elite's Academy in Africa, and more precisely in Senegal. [144] The country hosted the Paris–Dakar rally from 1979 until 2007. The Dakar Rally was an off-road endurance motorsport race which followed a course from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal.
The Four Communes (French: Quatre Communes) of Senegal were the four oldest colonial towns in French West Africa. In 1848 the Second Republic extended the rights of full French citizenship to the inhabitants of Saint-Louis, Dakar, Gorée, and Rufisque. While those who were born in these towns could technically enjoy all the rights of native ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's top opposition leader was expected to address supporters on Friday in his first public speech, hours after being released from prison and ahead of the country’s ...
The Historical Museum of Senegal in Gorée (French: Musée historique du Sénégal à Gorée) is a museum attached to the Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (IFAN) [1] and located on the island of Gorée, in the bay of Dakar, Senegal. The museum is dedicated to showing and commemorating the different stages of Senegal's history from ancient ...