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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 earliest evidence of human life is found in the valley of the Falémé in the south-east. [1]The presence of man in the Lower Paleolithic is attested by the discovery of stone tools characteristic of Acheulean such as hand axes reported by Théodore Monod [2] at the tip of Fann in the peninsula of Cap-Vert in 1938, or cleavers found in the south-east. [3]
An enlargeable relief map of Senegal. Pronunciation: / ˌ s ɛ n ɪ ˈ ɡ ɔː l,-ˈ ɡ ɑː l / ⓘ Common English country name: Senegal; Official English country name: The Republic of Senegal; Common endonym: Senegal; Official endonym: République du Senegal; Adjectival(s): Senegalese; Demonym(s): International rankings of Senegal; ISO ...
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 ...
There are seven World Heritage Sites in Senegal, with a further eight on the tentative list. [3] The first site in Senegal to be inscribed to the list was the Island of Gorée, in 1978. The most recent site listed was the Bassari Country, in 2012. Five sites in Senegal are listed for their cultural and two for their natural properties. [3]
Arrival of Blaise Diagne, Deputy for Senegal, High Commissioner of the Government for the recruitment of black troops in Dakar in March 1918. The French Third Republic: Jean-Baptiste Lafon de Fongauffier 1871–76 (Mixed race) Abolished 1876–79; Alfred Gasconi 1879–89 (Mixed race) Aristide Vallon 1889–93 (French) Jules Couchard 1893–98
Senegal history-related lists (7 P) + Historians of Senegal ... History of Dakar (1 C, 11 P) Defunct mass media in Senegal (2 C) E. Historical events in Senegal (9 C ...