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 City of Dakar, divided into 19 communes d'arrondissement | |||||||
| Coordinates: 14°41′34″N 17°26′48″W / 14.69278°N 17.44667°WCoordinates: 14°41′34″N 17°26′48″W / 14.69278°N 17.44667°W | |||||||
| Country |  Senegal | ||||||
| Région | Dakar | ||||||
| Département | Dakar | ||||||
| Settled | 15th century | ||||||
| Communes d'arrondissement | 19 | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
| • Mayor | Khalifa Sall (2009) (BSS/PS) | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
| • City | 83 km2 (32 sq mi) | ||||||
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
| • 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.
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