Dakar

Dakar region is the smallest and most populated region of , encompassing the capital city of the country, , and all its suburbs along the Cap Vert peninsula, 's most westerly point.
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  • Type: State with 4,000,000 residents
  • Description: region of Senegal
  • Also known as: Dakar region”, “Dakar Region”, and “Région du Cap Vert

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Keur Massar department and Thiaroye.

Town
is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, located at the entrance to the Cap-Vert peninsula, east of .

Town
is the name of a historic town in Sénégal, situated in the suburbs of , on the southeast coast of the peninsula, between and .

Dakar

Latitude
14.7765° or 14° 46′ 35″ north
Longitude
-17.3226° or 17° 19′ 22″ west
Population
4,000,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
7C64QMGG+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2242821238
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2253350
Wiki­data ID
Q856268
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Dakar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: داكار
  • Arabic: ديوان دكار
  • Armenian: Դակար
  • Basque: Dakar eskualdea
  • Basque: Dakar
  • Basque: Dakarreko eskualdea
  • Belarusian: вобласць Дакар
  • Belarusian: Дакар, вобласць
  • Belarusian: Дакар
  • Bengali: ডাকার
  • Bosnian: Regija Dakar
  • Bulgarian: Дакар
  • Catalan: Dakar
  • Cebuano: Dakar
  • Chinese: Dakar Chiu
  • Chinese: 达喀尔区
  • Chinese: 達卡區
  • Chinese: 達喀爾區
  • Danish: Dakar
  • Danish: Region Dakar
  • Dutch: Dakar
  • Dutch: Regio Dakar
  • Esperanto: Dakaro (regiono)
  • Esperanto: Dakaro
  • Esperanto: Regiono Dakaro
  • Esperanto: Regiono de Dakaro
  • Finnish: Dagar
  • Finnish: Dagarin alue
  • Finnish: Dakarin alue
  • French: Dakar
  • French: Région de Dakar
  • Galician: Rexión de Dakar
  • German: Dakar
  • German: Region Dakar
  • German: SN-DK
  • Greek: Περιοχή του Ντακάρ
  • Gujarati: ડકાર
  • Hindi: डकार
  • Indonesian: Region Dakar
  • Italian: Dakar
  • Italian: Regione di Dakar
  • Japanese: ダカール州
  • Kannada: ಡಾಕರ್
  • Korean: 다카르주
  • Latvian: Dakara
  • Lithuanian: Dakaro regionas
  • Malay: Dakar
  • Maltese: Dakar
  • Marathi: डाकार
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dakar Chiu
  • Northern Frisian: Dakar (Regiuun)
  • Northern Frisian: Dakar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dakar
  • Norwegian: Dakar
  • Persian: ناحیه داکار
  • Polish: Dakar
  • Portuguese: Dacar
  • Portuguese: Dakar
  • Portuguese: Região de Dakar
  • Romanian: Regiunea Dakar
  • Russian: Дакар
  • Scots: Dakar Region
  • Sinhala: ඩකාර්
  • Slovenian: Dakar
  • Spanish: Dakar
  • Spanish: Region Dakar
  • Spanish: Región Dakar
  • Spanish: Region de Dakar
  • Spanish: Región de Dakar
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Dakar
  • Swedish: Dakar
  • Tamil: தக்கார்
  • Telugu: డాకర్
  • Thai: เมืองดาการ์
  • Turkish: Dakar
  • Ukrainian: Дакар
  • Urdu: ڈاکار ریجن
  • Urdu: ڈاکار علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Dakar
  • Wolof: Diiwaanu Ndakaaru
  • Wolof: Diwaanu Ndakaaru
  • Wolof: Ndakaaru
  • Wu Chinese: 达喀尔区

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mosquée Unité 09 - Cité Grand Moulin and Hopital de Keur Massar.

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