Dakar

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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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Dakar, Senegal 2
Medina, Dakar 1
Muslim community 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 (39)

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

this entity surface form: Muslim community of Dakar
US Ouakam → basedIn → Dakar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal
ASC Jaraaf → basedInCity → Dakar ⓘ
Senegal → capital → Dakar ⓘ
Francophonie → hasKeyCity → Dakar ⓘ
West Africa → hasMajorCity → Dakar ⓘ
Dakar → hasPort → Dakar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Dakar
Caen → hasTwinTown → Dakar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thiès
Senegal → largestCity → Dakar ⓘ
Gorée Island → locatedIn → Dakar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medina, Dakar
ASC Jaraaf → location → Dakar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dakar, Senegal
this entity surface form: Dakar, Senegal
ASC Jaraaf → representsCity → Dakar ⓘ
subject surface form: Strasbourg
Strasbourg → twinCity → Dakar ⓘ
Wolof → usedInCapitalCity → Dakar ⓘ