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"The $23.4 million project includes the upgrading and renewal of about six kilometers of siding track of the Regie des Chemins de Fer du Senegal (RCFS), which serve the ICS fertilizer plant at Mbao, about 15 kilometers from Dakar; the construction of terminal track works at Mbao, Darou Khoudoss, and the Port of Dakar; and the purchase of three ...
15 four-car Coradia Polyvalent trainsets [10] The trainsets are mainline dual-mode trains (diesel and electric 25 kV) capable of running at speeds of 160 km/h (99 mph). ). Each trainset is 72 metres (236 ft 3 in) long with four cars and has a capacity for 531 passengers in two classes (first and sec
Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie (ANACIM), in English the National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology, is the national civil aviation authority and meteorology agency of Senegal, with its head office on the property of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar.
The Dakar Rally was an off-road endurance motorsport race which followed a course from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal. The competitors used off-road vehicles to cross the difficult geography. The last race was held in 2007, before the 2008 rally was canceled a day before the event due to security concerns in Mauritania . [ 147 ]
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Senegal is bordered by Mauritania in the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast, and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal also borders The Gambia , a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia river, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.
The commune of Médina was established by the French colonial authorities in 1914. [3] The explicit intent of the establishment of Médina was that of creating a "native quarter" for the African population, clearly separated from the urban areas inhabited by the Europeans, especially for health-related reasons.
The Communes of Senegal are the fourth-level administrative divisions in Senegal (below country, region and department). There are some 121 communes in Senegal which have urban status ( communes de ville ), apart from 46 communes d'arrondissement in the large towns and 370 rural communities ( communautés rurales ) in the countryside.