Dakar | |
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Clockwise from top: Place de l'Indépendance, Mosque of the Divinity, Ngor beach, Soumbedioune boats of Médina, Gorée memorial | |
![]() City of Dakar, divided into 19 communes d'arrondissement | |
Coordinates: 14°41′34″N 17°26′48″W / 14.69278°N 17.44667°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Région | Dakar |
Département | Dakar |
Settled | 15th century |
Communes d'arrondissement | 19
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Government | |
• Mayor | Khalifa Sall (2009)[1] (BSS/PS) |
Area | |
• City | 83 km2 (32 sq mi) |
Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
Population (2013 estimate)[3] | |
• City | 1,146,053 |
• Density | 12,510/km2 (32,400/sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,452,656 |
• Metro density | 4,484/km2 (11,610/sq mi) |
Data here are for the administrative Dakar région, which matches almost exactly the limits of the metropolitan area | |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Website | villededakar.org |
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Dakar is the capital city of Senegal. It is on the country's Atlantic coast on the western edge of Africa. The city is a trade seaport for items leaving Africa. Dakar has a population of 1,030,594 people. The metropolitan area has about 2.45 million people living in it.
The National Assembly of Senegal and Senegal Presidential Palace are in Dakar.