Wékhé
Wékhé is a swamp in Dakar, Senegal. Wékhé is situated nearby to the locality Dalifor, as well as near Guèntaba.Places of Interest
Highlights include Urban Nature Reserve of the Great Niaye of Pikine and Dependency and Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor.
Urban Nature Reserve of the Great Niaye of Pikine and Dependency
Park
Photo: Pacocreat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Urban Nature Reserve of the Great Niaye of Pikine and Dependency is a park.
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor
Stadium
Photo: Jeff Attaway, CC BY 2.0.
Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium, formerly the Stade de l'Amitie, is a multi-purpose stadium in Dakar, Senegal.It is currently used mostly for football matches. Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor is situated 4 km west of Wékhé.
Stade Al Djigo
Stadium
Stade Alassane Djigo is a multi-use stadium in Pikine, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of AS Pikine. The stadium holds 10,000 spectators. Sometimes AS Douanes play its matches at the stadium. Stade Al Djigo is situated 2½ km east of Wékhé.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parcelles Assainies and Hann Bel-Air.
Parcelles Assainies
Suburb
Parcelles Assainies is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. As of 2013 it had a population of 159,498. Parcelles Assainies is situated 2½ km west of Wékhé.
Hann Bel-Air
Suburb
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
Hann Bel-Air is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. Hann Bel-Air is situated 4½ km southwest of Wékhé.
Thiaroye
Town
Photo: Jean Cormon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thiaroye is the name of a historic town in Sénégal, situated in the suburbs of Dakar, on the southeast coast of the Cap-Vert peninsula, between Pikine and Rufisque. Thiaroye is situated 5 km east of Wékhé.
Wékhé
- Type: Swamp
- Also known as: “Wekhe”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.75193° or 14° 45′ 7″ northLongitude
-17.4157° or 17° 24′ 57″ westElevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
7C64QH2M+QPGeoNames ID
2595824
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