Dakar

E13945

capital city city

Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal, located on the Atlantic coast and serving as a major political, economic, and cultural hub of West Africa.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Dakar canonical	141
Dakar, Senegal	7
Dakar metropolitan area	3
Dakar city center	2
City of Dakar	1
Dakar city	1
Medina, Dakar	1
Muslim community of Dakar	1
Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal	1
Port of Dakar	1
Thiès	1
city of Dakar	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city ⓘ city ⓘ
becameCapitalOf	Senegal in 1960 ⓘ
climate	hot semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
coordinates	14.7167°N 17.4677°W ⓘ
country	Senegal ⓘ
currency	West African CFA franc ⓘ
demonym	Dakarois ⓘ Dakaroise ⓘ
drivesOnSide	right ⓘ
formerColonialPower	France ⓘ
foundedAs	French colonial settlement ⓘ
hasAirport	Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport ⓘ
hasIsland	Gorée Island ⓘ
hasLandmark	African Renaissance Monument ⓘ Dakar Grand Mosque ⓘ IFAN Museum of African Arts ⓘ Place de l’Indépendance ⓘ Sandaga Market ⓘ
hasPort	Dakar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Port of Dakar
hasUniversity	Cheikh Anta Diop University ⓘ
hostsEvent	Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art ⓘ World Social Forum 2011 ⓘ
hostsInstitution	National Assembly of Senegal ⓘ Presidential Palace of Senegal ⓘ Senegalese government ministries ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Senegal ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf	Senegal ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf	Senegal ⓘ
isLargestCityOf	Senegal ⓘ
isPoliticalCenterOf	Senegal ⓘ
isSeatOf	Dakar Region ⓘ
knownFor	role in transatlantic slave trade history (via Gorée Island) ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification	BSh ⓘ
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Cap-Vert Peninsula ⓘ
nearAirport	Blaise Diagne International Airport ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
popularSport	football ⓘ wrestling (laamb) ⓘ
region	Dakar Region ⓘ
sportsClub	ASC Jaraaf ⓘ US Ouakam ⓘ
subregion	West Africa ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+0 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby	Gorée Island ⓘ surface form: Island of Gorée
wasCapitalOf	French West Africa ⓘ Mali ⓘ surface form: Mali Federation

Referenced by (161)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Strasbourg is seat of the Council of Europe → twinCity → Dakar ⓘ

subject surface form: Strasbourg

Strasbourg → twinCity → Dakar ⓘ

West Africa → hasMajorCity → Dakar ⓘ

Islamic world → hasCulturalCenter → Dakar ⓘ

Royal Air Maroc → servesCity → Dakar ⓘ

Dakar → hasPort → Dakar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Dakar

French West Africa → capital → Dakar ⓘ

French West Africa → laterCapital → Dakar ⓘ

French West Africa → headquarters → Dakar ⓘ

French West Africa → adminCenterMovedTo → Dakar ⓘ

Francophonie → hasKeyCity → Dakar ⓘ

African Institute for Economic Development and Planning → headquartersLocation → Dakar ⓘ

Wolof → usedInCapitalCity → Dakar ⓘ

Senegal → capital → Dakar ⓘ

Senegal → largestCity → Dakar ⓘ

Francophone Africa → hasMajorCity → Dakar ⓘ

Patrick Vieira → placeOfBirth → Dakar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakar, Senegal

Bamako → hasRailConnectionTo → Dakar ⓘ

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza → deathPlace → Dakar ⓘ

Dakar Rally → firstEditionFinishLocation → Dakar ⓘ

Presidential Palace of Senegal → location → Dakar ⓘ

Presidential Palace of Senegal → locatedIn → Dakar ⓘ

Presidential Palace of Senegal → city → Dakar ⓘ

Presidential Palace of Senegal → capitalCityOfCountry → Dakar ⓘ

Gorée Island → locatedIn → Dakar ⓘ

Gorée Island → locatedOffCoastOf → Dakar ⓘ

Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art → city → Dakar ⓘ

Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art → location → Dakar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakar, Senegal

World Social Forum 2011 → location → Dakar ⓘ

World Social Forum 2011 → hostCity → Dakar ⓘ

ASC Jaraaf → location → Dakar ⓘ

ASC Jaraaf → basedInCity → Dakar ⓘ

ASC Jaraaf → representsCity → Dakar ⓘ

African Renaissance Monument → location → Dakar ⓘ

IFAN Museum of African Arts → locatedIn → Dakar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medina, Dakar

Sandaga Market → locatedIn → Dakar ⓘ

Sandaga Market → near → Dakar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakar city center

Blaise Diagne International Airport → servesCity → Dakar ⓘ

Dakar Region → capital → Dakar ⓘ

Dakar Region → contains → Dakar ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Dakar

Dakar Region → hasLargestCity → Dakar ⓘ

Dakar Region → includes → Dakar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakar metropolitan area

Cap-Vert Peninsula → hasCity → Dakar ⓘ

Cap-Vert Peninsula → hosts → Dakar ⓘ

Cap-Vert Peninsula → hasCapitalCity → Dakar ⓘ

Cap-Vert Peninsula → countryCapitalLocatedHere → Dakar ⓘ

Cap-Vert Peninsula → hasMajorPortCity → Dakar ⓘ

Cap-Vert Peninsula → urbanAreaDominatedBy → Dakar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dakar metropolitan area

US Ouakam → city → Dakar ⓘ