Pikine Department
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Pikine Department is an administrative division in western Senegal that forms part of the greater Dakar metropolitan area and includes densely populated urban and suburban communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pikine Department canonical | 3 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | department of Senegal ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Dakar Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Dakar Department
ⓘ
Rufisque Department ONNED1 ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
high population density
ⓘ
informal settlements ⓘ rapid urbanization ⓘ |
| contains |
Guédiawaye Department
ⓘ
surface form:
Guédiawaye (historically before its own department creation)
Pikine ⓘ |
| country | Senegal ⓘ |
| demographicCharacteristic |
high internal migration from other regions of Senegal
ⓘ
predominantly young population ⓘ |
| governedAs | local administrative unit of Senegal ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Pikine ⓘ |
| hasCommonLanguage | Wolof ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType |
suburban area
ⓘ
urban area ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionType | arrondissement ⓘ |
| hasTransportLink |
public bus services within Dakar metropolitan area
ⓘ
road connections to central Dakar ⓘ |
| hasUrbanFunction | residential zone for Dakar workforce ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dakar Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Senegal ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cap-Vert Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Cap-Vert Peninsula urban area
Dakar metropolitan area ONNED1 ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+0 ⓘ |
| usesCurrency | West African CFA franc ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.