Gorée
in Dakar, Senegal
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Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (8 mi) - Kaolack Airport (97 mi)
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Banjul International Airport (105 mi) - Saint Louis Airport (114 mi)
- Cap Skirring Airport (162 mi)
- Ziguinchor Airport (164 mi)
- Richard Toll Airport (169 mi)
- Kolda North Airport (204 mi)
- Island of Gorée (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 14.668 and -17.399 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 14° 40' 3" and W -17° 23' 55"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - XOF
- Spoken languages:
- French, Wolof
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 11:41 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Africa/Dakar
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:49 am and 7:25 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -11.834 and 160.656 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ahanga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,6 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Senegal.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Senegal. Last Update: 2024-04-25 08:17:04
Discover Gorée
Gorée in Dakar is a city in Senegal a little south-east of Dakar, the country's capital city.
Local time in Gorée is now 11:41 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Africa / Dakar with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Gorée, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Senegal is Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in a distance of 8 mi (or 13 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Island of Gorée in a distance of 53 mi (or 86 km), East. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dakar, Thies, Fatick, Diourbel and Kaolack. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 72 °F
| Morning Temperature | 22°C / 71 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 22°C / 72 °F |
| Night Temperature | 22°C / 72 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 81% |
| Air Pressure | 1011 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 13 km/h (8 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
22°C (72 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Few clouds, strong breeze.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
22°C (72 °F)
22°C (71 °F)
Sky is clear, strong breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
22°C (71 °F)
22°C (71 °F)
Broken clouds, fresh breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Dakar Sea Plaza Radisson Blu Hotel
Pullman Dakar Teranga
Novotel Dakar
Jardin Savana Hotel Dakar
Hôtel Fleur de Lys Plateau
NDIAMBOUR HOTEL ET RESIDENCE
ibis Dakar
Hôtel Le Djoloff
Hotel du Phare Les Mamelles - Guesthouse
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Gorée
Île de Gorée (i.e. "Gorée Island"; is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. It is a 0.182 square kilometres island located 2 kilometres 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. per km², which is only half the average density of the city of Dakar. Gorée is both the smallest and the least populated of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of Dakar.
National Assembly (Senegal)
The National Assembly is the lower house of Senegal's parliament.
House of Slaves (Gorée)
The House of Slaves (Maison des Esclaves) and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the Atlantic slave trade on tiny Goree Island, 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar, Senegal. Its museum, opened in 1962 and curated until his death in 2009 by Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye, is said to memorialise the final exit point of the slaves from Africa.
Dakar-Plateau
Dakar-Plateau is an arrondissement in the Dakar Department, and forms the central district of the city of Dakar. Senegalese arrondissements are quite different from the arrondissements of Paris, being merely local administrative structures of the central state, like the Senegalese départements, and are thus more comparable to French departmental arrondissements. In 1996, a massive reform of the administrative and political divisions of Senegal was voted by the Parliament of Senegal.
Hann Bel-Air
Hann Bel-Air is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal.
Henriette-Bathily Women's Museum
The Henriette-Bathily Women's Museum is a museum located on Gorée, an island on the coast of Senegal, across from the House of Slaves (Gorée). A project conceived in 1987 by the filmmaker Ousmane William Mbaye, it was opened in 1994 under the direction of Annette Mbaye d'Erneville.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Gorée.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Gorée, جزيرة غوريه, Востраў Гарэ, Горе, Ιλ ντε Γκορέ, Isla de Gorea, Île de Gorée, Goree, גורה, गोरी द्वीप, ゴレ島, გორე, 고레 섬, Gorė sala, गोरीको टापु, Illa de Gorèa, Gorée Adası, Beer, 格雷岛
