West Africa
Senegal
Dakar

Gorée

Île de Gorée is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of the city of , 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 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: “Goree”, “Gorée Island”, “Île de Gorée”, and “Island of Gorée”
Photo: Fawaz.tairou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Fawaz.tairou, CC BY 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint Charles Borromee (Goree) and Musée de la Mer.

Church
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Museum
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The is a located in Gorée, Senegal. The museum contains various documents and photos on marine animals in Senegal with a collection of 6,000 species.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 4 km west of Gorée.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dakar-Plateau and Dakar.

Suburb
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is an arrondissement in the Dakar Department, and forms the central district of the city of . is situated 4½ km west of Gorée.

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is the capital and largest city of and is often regarded as the cultural and commercial center of French-speaking West Africa. is often the first stop in exploring French-speaking West Africa because it has good flight connections with Western Europe.

Suburb
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is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of , . As of 2013 it had a population of 52,270. is situated 7 km west of Gorée.

Gorée

Latitude
14.66641° or 14° 39′ 59″ north
Longitude
-17.39828° or 17° 23′ 54″ west
Population
1,680
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
7C64MJ82+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 281943225
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2251512
Wiki­data ID
Q244347
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wolof—“Gorée” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gorée”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة غوريه”
  • Armenian: “Գորե (կղզի)”
  • Armenian: “Գորե”
  • Asturian: “Islla de Gorea”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qore adası”
  • Basque: “Gorée uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Гарэ”
  • Belarusian: “Гарэ”
  • Breton: “Enez Gorée”
  • Bulgarian: “Горе”
  • Burmese: “ဂိုရီးခရိုင်”
  • Catalan: “Gorea”
  • Catalan: “Gorée”
  • Catalan: “illa de Gorée”
  • Cebuano: “Île de Gorée”
  • Chinese: “戈雷岛”
  • Chinese: “戈雷島”
  • Chinese: “格雷岛”
  • Chinese: “格雷島”
  • Croatian: “Gorée”
  • Croatian: “Otok Goree”
  • Croatian: “Otok Gorée”
  • Czech: “Gorée”
  • Czech: “Île de Gorée”
  • Danish: “Goree”
  • Danish: “Gorée”
  • Danish: “Île de Gorée”
  • Dutch: “Goree”
  • Dutch: “Gorée”
  • Esperanto: “Gorée”
  • Esperanto: “Goreo”
  • Finnish: “Goree”
  • Finnish: “Gorée”
  • French: “Gorée”
  • French: “île de Gorée”
  • French: “Île de Gorée”
  • Galician: “Illa de Gorée”
  • Georgian: “გორე”
  • German: “Gorée”
  • German: “Île de Gorée”
  • German: “Insel Gorée”
  • Greek: “Ιλ ντε Γκορέ”
  • Hausa: “Gorée”
  • Hebrew: “גורה”
  • Hindi: “गोरी द्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Gorée-sziget”
  • Hungarian: “Île de Gorée”
  • Indonesian: “Goree”
  • Indonesian: “Gorée”
  • Indonesian: “Ile de Goree”
  • Indonesian: “Île de Gorée”
  • Indonesian: “Isle de Goree”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Goree”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Gorée”
  • Italian: “Gorea”
  • Italian: “Goree”
  • Italian: “Gorée”
  • Italian: “Gorèe”
  • Italian: “Isola di Gorea”
  • Italian: “Isola di Gorée”
  • Japanese: “ゴレー島”
  • Japanese: “ゴレ島”
  • Korean: “고레 섬”
  • Korean: “고레섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Gorė sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Gorė”
  • Maithili: “गोरी टापु”
  • Malayalam: “ഗോരീ”
  • Maltese: “Gorée”
  • Maltese: “Gżira ta‘ Gorée”
  • Maltese: “Gżira ta’ Gorée”
  • Nepali: “गोरीको टापु”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gorée”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Goree”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gorée”
  • Norwegian: “Gorée”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gorée”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illa de Gorèa”
  • Persian: “گوره”
  • Persian: “گورهی”
  • Polish: “Goree”
  • Polish: “Gorée”
  • Portuguese: “Bezeguiche”
  • Portuguese: “Goeree”
  • Portuguese: “Goré”
  • Portuguese: “Gorée”
  • Portuguese: “Goreia”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Gorée”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Palma ou de Bezeguiche”
  • Russian: “Горе (остров)”
  • Russian: “Горе”
  • Russian: “остров Горе”
  • Scots: “Gorée”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gorée”
  • Slovenian: “Gorée”
  • Spanish: “Gorea”
  • Spanish: “Goree”
  • Spanish: “Gorée”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Gorea”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Goree”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Gorée”
  • Swahili: “Goree”
  • Swahili: “Gorée”
  • Swedish: “Gorée”
  • Turkish: “Goree Adası”
  • Turkish: “Gorée Adası”
  • Turkish: “Gorée”
  • Ukrainian: “Горе”
  • Vietnamese: “Gorée”
  • Western Frisian: “Goree”
  • Wolof: “Beer”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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