Gorée
Île de Gorée is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. It is an 18.2-hectare island located two kilometres at sea from the main harbour of Dakar, famous as a destination for people interested in the Atlantic slave trade.
- Suburb with about 1,680 residents
- Description: one of the 19 communes d’arrondissement (i.e. districts) of the city of Dakar, Senegal; World Heritage Site
- Also known as“Gorée Island”“Île de Gorée”“Island of Gorée”
Places of Interest
Discover Saint Charles Church and Maritime Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dakar-Plateau and Dakar.
Dakar-Plateau
Dakar-Plateau is an arrondissement in the Dakar…
4½ km west of Gorée
Gueule Tapée-Fass-Colobane
Gueule Tapée-Fass-Colobane is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal.
7 km west of Gorée
Gorée
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Latitude
14.66641° or 14° 39′ 59″ north
Longitude
-17.39828° or 17° 23′ 54″ west
Open location code
7C64MJ82+HM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wolof—“Gorée” goes by many names.
GoréeAfrikaans
جزيرة غوريهArabic
ԳորեArmenian
Գորե (կղզի)Armenian
Islla de GoreaAsturian
Qore adasıAzerbaijani
Gorée uharteaBasque
Востраў ГарэBelarusian
ГарэBelarusian
Enez GoréeBreton
ГореBulgarian
ဂိုရီးခရိုင်Burmese
GoreaCatalan
GoréeCatalan
illa de GoréeCatalan
Île de GoréeCebuano
戈雷岛Chinese
戈雷島Chinese
格雷岛Chinese
格雷島Chinese
GoréeCroatian
Otok GoréeCroatian
GoréeCzech
Île de GoréeCzech
GoréeDanish
Île de GoréeDanish
GoréeDutch
GoréeEsperanto
GoreoEsperanto
GoréeFinnish
Illa de GoréeGalician
გორეGeorgian
Ιλ ντε ΓκορέGreek
GoréeHausa
גורהHebrew
गोरी द्वीपHindi
गोरेHindi
Gorée-szigetHungarian
Île de GoréeHungarian
GoréeIndonesian
Île de GoréeIndonesian
Isle de GoreeIndonesian
Pulau GoréeIndonesian
GoreaItalian
GoréeItalian
Isola di GoreaItalian
Isola di GoréeItalian
ゴレー島Japanese
ゴレ島Japanese
고레 섬Korean
Gorée EwalaKotava
GorėLithuanian
Gorė salaLithuanian
गोरी टापुMaithili
ഗോരീMalayalam
GoréeMaltese
Gżira ta‘ GoréeMaltese
गोरीको टापुNepali
GoréeNorthern Frisian
GoréeNorwegian
GoréeNorwegian Bokmål
GoréeOccitan (post 1500)
Illa de GorèaOccitan (post 1500)
گورهPersian
گورهیPersian
GoréePolish
ГореRussian
Горе (остров)Russian
остров ГореRussian
GoréeScots
GoréeSerbo-Croatian
GoréeSlovenian
GoréeSwahili
GoréeSwedish
GoréeTurkish
Gorée AdasıTurkish
Senegal’de yerleşim birimiTurkish
ГореUkrainian
GoréeVietnamese
GoreeWestern Frisian
BeerWolof
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