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ID: 7000427
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Record Type:
administrative
Dakar (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 14 43 22 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 14.7236
decimal degrees
Long: 017 27 18 W
degrees minutes
Long: -17.4553
decimal degrees
Note:
One of most important strategic locations on Atlantic coast of Africa; with Gorée, Rufisque & adjacent area formed autonomous circumscription 1924-1946; reunited with Senegal 1946.
Names:
Dakar
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sénégal
(nation) (
P
)
............
Dakar
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Dakar
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1857
city (
C
)
national capital (
C
)
............
established 1958
regional capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of French West Africa, 1902
Related geographic places:
capital of ....
Sénégal
.......... (nation)
..................
(World, Africa) [1000189]
Sources and Contributors:
Dakar..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Britannica Book of the Year (1993)
709
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
51
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
311
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Britannica Book of the Year (1993)
709
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 23 February 2015
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
51
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
311
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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