Dakar

Dakar
Dakar
	Place de l'Indépendance
	Coat airms
	Ceety o Dakar, dividit intae 19 communes d'arrondissement
	Dakar Location within Senegal
	Coordinates: 14°41′34″N 17°26′48″W / 14.69278°N 17.44667°WCoordinates: 14°41′34″N 17°26′48″W / 14.69278°N 17.44667°W
Country	Senegal
Région	Dakar
Département	Dakar
Settled	15t century
Communes d'arrondissement	19 Cambérène; Parcelles Assaines; Pattie d'Oies; Hann Bel-Air; Dieuppeul Derklé; HLM; Biscuiterie; Grand Dakar; Plateau; Médina; Fass-Gueule Tapée-Colobane; Fann Point-E; Mermoz-Sacré-Coeur; Ouakam; Yoff; Ngor; Liberté; Grand-Yoff; Cape Verde Peninsula;
Govrenment
• Mayor	Khalifa Sall (2009) (BSS/PS)
Area
• City	83 km2 (32 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population (2013 estimate)
• City	1,146,053
• Density	12510/km2 (32,400/sq mi)
• Metro	2,452,656
• Metro density	4484/km2 (11,610/sq mi)
	Data here are for the admeenistrative Dakar région, that matches awmaist exactly the leemits o the metropolitan aurie
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
Website	villededakar.org
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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 Preses's Palace.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Dakar is twinned wi:

References

↑ L'opposant Khalifa Sall élu maire de Dakar. AFP. 2009-04-19
↑ climatemps.com
↑ UN Data. Projection based on 2002 census.
↑ "Città Gemellate" (in Italian). Comune di Milano. Archived frae the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2012.
↑ "DC Sister City Relationships". The District of Columbia. Archived frae the original on 14 Mey 2013. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2012.

Freemit airtins

(in French) Offeecial wabsteid
Peace Corps Senegal Volunteer Guide tae Dakar Archived 2011-02-04 at the Wayback Machine

Template:Communes o Dakar

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[1] L'opposant Khalifa Sall élu maire de Dakar. AFP. 2009-04-19

[2] temps.com

[3] UN Data. Projection based on 2002 census.

[4] "Città Gemellate" (in Italian). Comune di Milano. Archived frae the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2012.

[Washington_DC-5] "DC Sister City Relationships". The District of Columbia. Archived frae the original on 14 Mey 2013. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2012.

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