Dakar

Dakar is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Senegal, locatit on the Cap-Vert Peninsula, on the kintra's Atlantic coast. Its position, on the wastren edge o Africae (it is the wastrenmaist ceety on the African mainland), is an advantageous departure point for trans-Atlantic an European trade; this fact aidit its growth intae a major regional port.

Accordin tae December 31, 2005 offeecial estimates, the ceety o Dakar proper haes a population o 1,030,594, whereas the population o the Dakar metropolitan aurie is estimatit at 2.45 million fowk.

Dakar is a major administrative centre, hame tae the Naitional Assembly o Senegal an Senegal's President's Palace.

Internaitional relations

Main airticle: Leet_o_twin_touns_an_sister_ceeties_in_Africa#Senegal

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Dakar is twinned wi:

• Ann Arbor, Michigan, Unitit States
• Baku, Azerbaijan
• Douala, Cameroon
• Isfahan, Iran
• Milan, Italy
• Oran, Algerie
• Rangpur, Bangladesh
• Rosario, Argentinae
• Washington, D.C., Unitit States

Freemit airtins

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Dakar

• (French) Offeecial wabsteid
• Peace Corps Senegal Volunteer Guide tae Dakar