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Fun fact 1 about Dakar

Dakar-Indépendance
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Dakar is located on the Cap-Vert peninsula, making it the westernmost city on the African mainland.

Dakar
Senegal
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Dakar

Senegal

Country
Senegal
Population
3.7M
Coordinates
14.69, -17.45
74th most populous city in the world

Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023.

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