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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 ...
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 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 ...
Gorée Island was the Pit Stop for Leg 4 of The Amazing Race 6, and the Slave House itself was visited during Leg 5. [44] [45] Gorée Island has been featured in many songs, due to its history related to the slave trade. The following songs have significant references to Gorée Island: Steel Pulse– "Door Of No Return" on African Holocaust (2004)
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 ]
Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Senegal is the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. [14] It owes its name to the Senegal River, which borders it to the east and north. [15] The climate is typically Sahelian, though there is a rainy season. Senegal covers a land area of almost 197,000 square ...
History of Senegal by topic (4 C) * ... History of Dakar (1 C, 11 P) Defunct mass media in Senegal (2 C) E. Historical events in Senegal (9 C, 1 P) K. Kingdoms of ...
The Gambia lies almost entirely within Senegal, surrounded on the north, east and south; from its western coast, Gambia's territory follows the Gambia River more than 300 kilometres (190 mi) inland. Dakar is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cape Verde Peninsula on the country's Atlantic coast.