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Dakar

Western Africa

Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal, on the Cape Verde Peninsula on the country's Atlantic coast. It is the westernmost major city on the African mainland and Senegal's chief port and administrative centre. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,278,469 1
Area (sq km)
79.83 1
Founding Year
1857 2
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Elevation (m)
22 1
Latitude
14.69278 degrees north 1
Longitude
17.44667 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
Connections

Associated With

Senegal, Countries
Source Dakar (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Senegal, Countries

Dakar is the capital of Senegal.

Source Dakar (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of

Youssou N'Dour

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Source Wikidata: Youssou N'Dour

Site Of

Air Sénégal

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Source Wikipedia: Air Senegaltier 2
PanaPress

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Source Wikipedia: PanaPresstier 2
Universite Cheikh Anta Diop

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Source Cheikh Anta Diop University (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) (French: Université Cheikh Anta Diop), is a university in Dakar, Senegal.
APO-Source

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Source APO-Source (Wikipedia)Infobox, headquarters
Quote, Infobox, headquarters
Dakar, Senegal
Constitutional Council of Senegal

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Source Comment est compose le Conseil constitutionnel, conseilconstitutionnel.snPage header, postal address
Quote, Page header, postal address
Rue Saint Jean XXIII N°68 Dakar
Supreme Court of Senegal

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Source Association des hautes juridictions de cassation des pays ayant en partage l usage du francais: Senegal, Cour supremeMember page, address, Dakar (seat)
Quote, Member page, address, Dakar (seat)
Adresse :
Confederation of African Athletics

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Source Confederation of African Athletics (Wikipedia)Lead, headquarters
Quote, Lead, headquarters
It is headquartered in Dakar, Senegal.
Sources
1. Dakar (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    is the capital and largest city of Senegal
  • Infobox, Population figure
    1,278,469
  • Lead section
    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.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    79.83
  • Infobox, Elevation
    22 m (72 ft)
  • Infobox, coordinates
    14.69278°N 17.44667°W
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    14.69278°N 17.44667°W
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    14.69278°N 17.44667°W
  • Associated With: Senegal, Infobox, Country
    Senegal
  • Capital Of: Senegal, Lead section, capital fact
    Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Wikidata: Dakar
  • Wikidata Q3718, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q3718 P1249, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
    P1249 value year 1857
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3. GeoNames: Dakar - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2253354
    14.6937 -17.44406 P PPLC SN 01 2646503 12 Africa/Dakar
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 12 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 14.75, -17.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 14.75, -17.25
14.75 -17.25 BSh
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