Explore Dakar in Senegal
Dakar in Region de Dakar with its 2,476,400 inhabitants is located in Senegal and is the capital of this country.
Local time in Dakar is 03:24 PM (Monday). The local timezone is "Africa / Dakar" with an GMT offset of 0 hours.
Toubab Dialaw, Tiaroye-Mer, Thies Nones, Pikine, Ngueniene, Ndoyene Un, Dieleuk, Mekhe, Grand Dakar, Ndiekhirat Digue and Camberene are locations relativly near and could be worth to discover when around.A few smaller & nearer places interesting to visit on your trip may be Usine Parc, Quartier Usine, Niari Tali, Bene Tali and S.I.C.A.P. Sacre-Coeur.
According to our records, there are 2 airports in the area. The closest airport is Yoff Airport with a distance of 4.4 mi (or 7.1 km) south-east of the centre of Dakar. Have a look at our dedicated photo album to get an idea of what this destinations is like. Need a few ideas for finding things to see and want to know more about this place? Check the related Dakar attractions page. The same applies for local events and videos.
Dakar Gallery
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Dakar, Novotel
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Sightseeing & Attractions
Dakar: . :"For Dakar Rally, see Dakar Rally. For the Israeli submarine, see INS Dakar." "Dakar" is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cape Verde Peninsula, on the country's Atlantic coast. Its position, on the western edge of Africa (it is the westernmost African city), is an advantageous departure point for trans-Atlantic and European trade; this fact aided its growth into a major ...
Stade Leopold Senghor: "Stade Leopold Senghor" is a multi-use stadium in Dakar, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has an athletics track. It serves as a home ground of ASC Jeanne d'Arc. The stadium holds 60,000. It was built in 1985. ...
Gorée: "Île de Gorée" (i.e. "Gorée Island") (pronounced ) is one of the 19 "communes d'arrondissement" (i.e. "commune of arrondissement") of the city of Dakar, Senegal. It is a 0.182 km² (45 acres) island located a mere 1 km. at sea from the main harbor of Dakar (). Its population as of 31 January 2005 official estimates is 1,056 inhabitants, giving a density of 5,802 inh ...
Events & Activities
08:00 AM: DAKAR 2012 FORUM SUR LES DONNEES OUVERTES
12:00 AM: SIM SENEGAL
12:00 AM: Visitor Registration
12:00 AM: Visitor Registration
12:00 AM: West & Central AfricaCom
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Dakar is known by different spellings and names throughout the world. These are the ones we know of.
Dacar, Дакар
Dakar
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