Dakar
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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.
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Internaitional relations [edit]
- Main airticle: Leet_o_twin_touns_an_sister_ceeties_in_Africa#Senegal
Twin touns — Sister ceeties [edit]
Dakar is twinned wi:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, Unitit States
Baku, Azerbaijan
Douala, Cameroon
Isfahan, Iran
Milan, Italy[1]
Oran, Algerie
Rangpur, Bangladesh
Rosario, Argentinae
Washington, D.C., Unitit States[2]
References [edit]
- ↑ Città Gemellate (Italian). Comune di Milano. Retrieved on 6 Apryle 2012. .
- ↑ DC Sister City Relationships. The District of Columbia. Retrieved on 6 Apryle 2012. .
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