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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.
Location of Senegal Satellite image of Senegal Senegal's cities and main towns Topography of Senegal. Senegal is a coastal West African nation located 14 degrees north of the equator and 14 degrees west of the Prime Meridian. The country's total area is 196,190 km 2 of which 192,000 km 2 is land and 4,190 km 2 is water.
In 2016, the NBA announced the launch of an Elite's Academy in Africa, and more precisely in Senegal. [146] 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.
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Various European powers, such as Portugal, the Netherlands, and England then competed for trade in the area of Senegal from the 16th century onward. The island was captured by the Dutch in 1588, where they established defensive forts and developed trade further. [4] In 1659, France established the trading post of Saint-Louis, Senegal.
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.