Wp/wlx/Dakar
| Part of | Cap Vert-Thies, Four Communes  |
|---|---|
| Official name | Ville de Dakar |
| Native label | Ville de Dakar, Ndakaaru |
| Demonym | Dakaroise, Dakarois |
| Official language | Wolof, French |
| Country | Senegal |
| Capital of | Senegal, French West Africa, Mali Federation, Dakar |
| Located in the administrative territorial entity | Dakar Department |
| Located in or next to body of water | Atlantic Ocean |
| Located in/on physical feature | Cap-Vert |
| Coordinate location | 14°40′21″N 17°25′55″W |
| Head of government | Barthélémy Dias |
| Member of | Organization of World Heritage Cities |
| Postal code | 11000 |
| Official website | https://dakarville.com/ |
| History of topic | timeline of Dakar history |
| Time of earliest written record | 1857 |
| Local dialing code | 8 |
| Category for the view of the item | Category:Views of Dakar |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Dakar |
Dakar (/dɑːˈkɑːr, dæ-/ UK also: /ˈdækɑːr/; French: [dakaʁ]; [1]Wolof: Ndakaaru)[2] e la kapital teŋɛ ko a Senegal. A department ko Dakar taa la noba yagroŋ neŋ 1,278,469, ane a noba yagroŋ a Dakar metropolitan da eɛ 4.0 million a 2023.
Dakar bezie la a Cap-Vert peninsula, a westernmost point ko mainland Africa.[3] Cap-Vert da nyɛ la zɔɔfaabo yi Portuguese a 15th century saŋa. A Portuguese da vɛŋɛɛ ka noba da baŋ ka ba bebe a island ko Gorée naŋ kɔgele a coast ko Cap-Vert kyɛ da naŋ de o ka o da e zie ko a Atlantic slave trade. France da de la pare a island a 1677. Naŋ da vɛŋ ka ba da saaŋ a slave trade ane French annexation ko a mainland area 19th century, Dakar da baa la a da e a major regional port ane a major city ko a French colonial empire.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Climate
[edit | edit source]| Climate data for Dakar (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.5
(97.7) |
39.8
(103.6) |
40.4
(104.7) |
34.7
(94.5) |
33.8
(92.8) |
39.4
(102.9) |
33.5
(92.3) |
34.5
(94.1) |
34.8
(94.6) |
37.8
(100.0) |
40.3
(104.5) |
39.4
(102.9) |
40.4
(104.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.9
(78.6) |
25.2
(77.4) |
25.2
(77.4) |
25
(77) |
26.2
(79.2) |
28.7
(83.7) |
30.1
(86.2) |
30.5
(86.9) |
30.9
(87.6) |
31.3
(88.3) |
30.1
(86.2) |
27.9
(82.2) |
28.1
(82.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.6
(65.5) |
18
(64) |
18.4
(65.1) |
19.1
(66.4) |
20.7
(69.3) |
23.6
(74.5) |
25.2
(77.4) |
25.4
(77.7) |
25.2
(77.4) |
25.5
(77.9) |
23.5
(74.3) |
21
(70) |
22.0
(71.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14.0
(57.2) |
14.4
(57.9) |
15.0
(59.0) |
15.3
(59.5) |
17.0
(62.6) |
19.3
(66.7) |
21.4
(70.5) |
20.0
(68.0) |
20.2
(68.4) |
18.8
(65.8) |
17.0
(62.6) |
14.8
(58.6) |
14.0
(57.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.2
(0.05) |
0.4
(0.02) |
0.1
(0.00) |
0.0
(0.0) |
0.0
(0.0) |
7
(0.3) |
52.8
(2.08) |
165.6
(6.52) |
138.4
(5.45) |
26.3
(1.04) |
0.3
(0.01) |
0.4
(0.02) |
392.5
(15.49) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 26.8 |
| Source: NOAA NCEI | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Dakar International Airport, Senegal (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.5
(97.7) |
39.8
(103.6) |
40.4
(104.7) |
34.7
(94.5) |
33.8
(92.8) |
39.4
(102.9) |
33.5
(92.3) |
34.5
(94.1) |
34.8
(94.6) |
37.8
(100.0) |
40.3
(104.5) |
39.5
(103.1) |
40.4
(104.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.1
(79.0) |
25.0
(77.0) |
25.7
(78.3) |
25.3
(77.5) |
26.4
(79.5) |
29.0
(84.2) |
30.3
(86.5) |
30.6
(87.1) |
31.1
(88.0) |
31.5
(88.7) |
30.4
(86.7) |
28.3
(82.9) |
28.3
(82.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.9
(67.8) |
20.5
(68.9) |
20.9
(69.6) |
21.4
(70.5) |
22.7
(72.9) |
25.5
(77.9) |
26.9
(80.4) |
27.3
(81.1) |
27.4
(81.3) |
27.4
(81.3) |
25.4
(77.7) |
22.5
(72.5) |
24.0
(75.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.6
(65.5) |
18.2
(64.8) |
18.6
(65.5) |
19.4
(66.9) |
20.9
(69.6) |
23.8
(74.8) |
25.3
(77.5) |
25.3
(77.5) |
25.3
(77.5) |
25.7
(78.3) |
23.8
(74.8) |
21.2
(70.2) |
22.0
(71.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14.0
(57.2) |
15.0
(59.0) |
16.0
(60.8) |
16.5
(61.7) |
17.2
(63.0) |
19.5
(67.1) |
21.5
(70.7) |
21.3
(70.3) |
18.9
(66.0) |
17.5
(63.5) |
17.9
(64.2) |
17.0
(62.6) |
14.0
(57.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 2.0
(0.08) |
1.0
(0.04) |
0.0
(0.0) |
0.0
(0.0) |
0.0
(0.0) |
10.0
(0.39) |
61.0
(2.40) |
165.0
(6.50) |
134.0
(5.28) |
37.0
(1.46) |
1.0
(0.04) |
1.0
(0.04) |
411
(16.2) |
| Average rainy days | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 12.8 | 9.4 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 41.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 75 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 66 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 244.9 | 245.8 | 285.2 | 288.0 | 291.4 | 252.0 | 232.5 | 223.2 | 219.0 | 257.3 | 249.0 | 238.7 | 3,031.6 |
| Source: DWD | |||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 °C (72 °F) | 20 °C (68 °F) | 20 °C (68 °F) | 21 °C (70 °F) | 23 °C (73 °F) | 25 °C (77 °F) | 27 °C (81 °F) | 27 °C (81 °F) | 27 °C (81 °F) | 27 °C (81 °F) | 27 °C (81 °F) | 24 °C (75 °F) | 24 °C (75 °F) |
Museums
[edit | edit source]- IFAN Museum of African Arts or Musee Theodore Monod
- Henriette-Bathily Women's Museum
- House of Slaves
- Village des Arts
- Parc Forestier et Zoologique de Hann, aka the Senegal Zoo
- Museum of Black Civilisations
- Dynamic Museum
Nembanne mine
[edit | edit source]- Abdoulaye Faye, footballer
- Akon, R&B singer
- Baaba Maal, singer and guitarist
- Babacar Khane, yoga practitioner
- Boris Diaw, basketball player
- Bouna Coundoul, footballer
- Cheikh Anta Diop, Historian, anthropologist, physicist, politician Cheikh Anta Diop University
- Cheikh Samb, basketball player
- DeSagana Diop, former basketball player, head coach of the Westchester Knicks
- Didier Raoult, microbiologist and virologist, was born in Dakar in 1952
- Fatou Samba, member of South Korean girl group Blackswan
- Hamady N'Diaye, basketball player
- Ibou Badji, basketball player
- Ibrahim Ba, former footballer
- Ismaël Lô, singer-songwriter
- Idrissa Gueye, footballer
- Issa, R&B singer
- Khaby Lame, influencer
- Macoumba Kandji, footballer
- Mamadou N'Diaye, former basketball player for Auburn University and the Toronto Raptors
- Mame Biram Diouf, footballer
- Marc Lièvremont, former rugby player and former head coach of the France national rugby union team
- Marcel Lefebvre, Founder of the SSPX, Apostolic delegate to Pope Pius XII, and Archbishop of Dakar.
- Mbaye Diagne, United Nations military observer and hero during the Rwandan genocide
- Mouhamed Gueye, basketball player
- Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, foreign correspondent for NPR News
- Orchestra Baobab
- Ousmane Barro, basketball player
- Papa Amadou Kante, basketball player
- Papa Bouba Diop, former footballer
- Pape Paté Diouf, football player
- Papiss Cisse, footballer
- Patrice Evra, former footballer,
- Patrick Vieira, former footballer
- Pélagie Gbaguidi, contemporary artist
- Sadio Mane, footballer
- N'Goné Fall, cultural consultant
- Sheck Wes, rapper, songwriter, model
- Ségolène Royal, French politician born in Dakar
- Souleyman Sané, former footballer
- Tacko Fall, basketball player
- Thione Seck, singer and songwriter
- Wasis Diop, musician
- Youssou N'Dour, singer and percussionist
International relations
[edit | edit source]Bibliography
[edit | edit source]Meŋ kaa kyɛ: Bibliography kyaare a yelkore ko Dakar
Ziiri mine liŋkiri
[edit | edit source]- Dakar official website (archived)
Sommo Yizie
[edit | edit source]- ↑ http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Dakar
- ↑ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dakar
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakar#cite_note-5
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Mellen_Press
- ↑ http://www.azerbaijans.com/content_1719_en.html
- ↑ https://duesseldorfdakarcycling.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/finally-dakar-28-07-2014/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141027040938/http://www.comune.milano.it/portale/wps/portal/CDM?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=%2Fwps%2Fwcm%2Fconnect%2Fcontentlibrary%2FIn+Comune%2FIn+Comune%2FCitt+Gemellate%2F
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150319103223/http://www.rosario.gov.ar/mr/mri/www/city-city-program/town-twinning-agreements
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140606225333/http://os.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/os/publication/attachments/OS_DC_Dakar_Renewal_2006.pdf
- Wp/wlx/Dakar
- Wp/wlx/1664 establishments in the British Empire
- Wp/wlx/1677 establishments in the French colonial empire
- Wp/wlx/1857 establishments in the French colonial empire
- Wp/wlx/Capitals in Africa
- Wp/wlx/Communes of Senegal
- Wp/wlx/Populated coastal places in Senegal
- Wp/wlx/Populated places established in the 15th century
- Wp/wlx/Populated places in Dakar region
- Wp/wlx/Port cities in Africa
- Wp/wlx/Regional capitals in Senegal
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