Rufisque
Rufisque is a city in the Dakar region of western Senegal, at the base of the Cap-Vert Peninsula 25 kilometres east of Dakar, the capital. It has a population of 295,459.
- Type: City with 295,000 residents
- Description: city in Senegal
- Also known as: “Senegal’de yerleşim birimi”, “Tengeej”, “Tengéej”, “Tëngeej”, “Ville de Rufisque”, and “盧夫斯奎”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kounoune power station.
Kounoune power station
Power station
The Kounoune power station is an oil-fired power station in Senegal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bargny.
Rufisque
- Categories: big city, commune of Senegal, and locality
- Location: Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.7164° or 14° 42′ 59″ north
Longitude
-17.2738° or 17° 16′ 26″ west
Population
295,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
7C64PP8G+HF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wolof—“Rufisque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “روفسك”
- Asturian: “Rufisque”
- Basque: “Rufisque”
- Belarusian: “Руфікс”
- Bengali: “রোফিস্ক”
- Catalan: “Rufisque”
- Cebuano: “Rufisque”
- Chinese: “吕菲斯克”
- Chinese: “呂菲斯克”
- Danish: “Rufisque”
- Dutch: “Rufisque”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روفسك”
- Esperanto: “Rufisko”
- Finnish: “Rufisque”
- French: “Rufisque”
- Galician: “Rufisque”
- Georgian: “რიუფისკი”
- German: “Rufisque”
- Greek: “Ρουφίσκ”
- Gujarati: “રુફિસક્યુ”
- Hebrew: “רופיסקה”
- Hindi: “रुफ़िस्क”
- Hindi: “रुफीस्क”
- Hungarian: “Rufisque”
- Indonesian: “Rufisque”
- Irish: “Rufisque”
- Italian: “Rufisque”
- Japanese: “リュフィスク”
- Kannada: “ರುಫಿಸ್ಕ್”
- Korean: “뤼피스크”
- Latvian: “Riufiska”
- Lithuanian: “Riufiskas”
- Macedonian: “Рифиск”
- Malay: “Rufisque”
- Maltese: “Rufisque”
- Marathi: “रुफिसक्यू”
- Moksha: “Рюфиск”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rufisque”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rufisque”
- Norwegian: “Rufisque”
- Persian: “روفسیک”
- Polish: “Rufisque”
- Portuguese: “Rufisque”
- Russian: “Рюфиск”
- Shona: “Rufisque”
- Sinhala: “රුෆිස්ක්”
- Slovenian: “Rufisque”
- Spanish: “Rufisque”
- Swahili: “Rufisque”
- Swedish: “Rufisque”
- Tamil: “ருபிஸ்க்யு”
- Telugu: “రూఫిస్క్”
- Thai: “รูฟิสคิว”
- Turkish: “Rufisque”
- Ukrainian: “Рюфіск”
- Urdu: “روفیسقوی”
- Urdu: “روفیسک”
- Venetian: “Rufisque”
- Vietnamese: “Rufisque”
- Wolof: “Tëngéej”
- “Rufisque”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rufisque nord and Rufisque est.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Diaka Toucouleur and Police Centrale de Rufisque.
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