Dakar

Dakar (/dɑːˈkɑːr, dæ-/ UK also: /ˈdækɑːr/; French: [dakaʁ]; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/DakarWolof: Ndakaaru)https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dakar e la kapital teŋɛ ko a Senegal. A department ko Dakar taa la noba yagroŋ neŋ 1,278,469, ane a noba yagroŋ a Dakar metropolitan da eɛ 4.0 million a 2023.

Dakar bezie la a Cap-Vert peninsula, a westernmost point ko mainland Africa.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakar#cite_note-5 Cap-Vert da nyɛ la zɔɔfaabo  yi Portuguese a 15th century saŋa. A Portuguese da vɛŋɛɛ ka noba da baŋ ka ba bebe a island ko Gorée naŋ kɔgele a coast ko Cap-Vert kyɛ da naŋ de o ka o da e zie ko a Atlantic slave trade. France da de la pare a island a 1677. Naŋ da vɛŋ ka ba da saaŋ a slave trade ane French annexation ko a mainland area 19th century, Dakar da baa la a da e a major regional port ane a major city ko a French colonial empire.

 Geography 

 Climate 
Climate data for Dakar (1991–2020)MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYearRecord high °C (°F)36.5
(97.7)39.8
(103.6)40.4
(104.7)34.7
(94.5)33.8
(92.8)39.4
(102.9)33.5
(92.3)34.5
(94.1)34.8
(94.6)37.8
(100.0)40.3
(104.5)39.4
(102.9)40.4
(104.7)Mean daily maximum °C (°F)25.9
(78.6)25.2
(77.4)25.2
(77.4)25
(77)26.2
(79.2)28.7
(83.7)30.1
(86.2)30.5
(86.9)30.9
(87.6)31.3
(88.3)30.1
(86.2)27.9
(82.2)28.1
(82.6)Mean daily minimum °C (°F)18.6
(65.5)18
(64)18.4
(65.1)19.1
(66.4)20.7
(69.3)23.6
(74.5)25.2
(77.4)25.4
(77.7)25.2
(77.4)25.5
(77.9)23.5
(74.3)21
(70)22.0
(71.6)Record low °C (°F)14.0
(57.2)14.4
(57.9)15.0
(59.0)15.3
(59.5)17.0
(62.6)19.3
(66.7)21.4
(70.5)20.0
(68.0)20.2
(68.4)18.8
(65.8)17.0
(62.6)14.8
(58.6)14.0
(57.2)Average precipitation mm (inches)1.2
(0.05)0.4
(0.02)0.1
(0.00)0.0
(0.0)0.0
(0.0)7
(0.3)52.8
(2.08)165.6
(6.52)138.4
(5.45)26.3
(1.04)0.3
(0.01)0.4
(0.02)392.5
(15.49)Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)0.10.20.1000.64.29.89.22.40.10.126.8Source: NOAA NCEI
Climate data for Dakar International Airport, Senegal (1961–1990)MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYearRecord high °C (°F)36.5
(97.7)39.8
(103.6)40.4
(104.7)34.7
(94.5)33.8
(92.8)39.4
(102.9)33.5
(92.3)34.5
(94.1)34.8
(94.6)37.8
(100.0)40.3
(104.5)39.5
(103.1)40.4
(104.7)Mean daily maximum °C (°F)26.1
(79.0)25.0
(77.0)25.7
(78.3)25.3
(77.5)26.4
(79.5)29.0
(84.2)30.3
(86.5)30.6
(87.1)31.1
(88.0)31.5
(88.7)30.4
(86.7)28.3
(82.9)28.3
(82.9)Daily mean °C (°F)19.9
(67.8)20.5
(68.9)20.9
(69.6)21.4
(70.5)22.7
(72.9)25.5
(77.9)26.9
(80.4)27.3
(81.1)27.4
(81.3)27.4
(81.3)25.4
(77.7)22.5
(72.5)24.0
(75.2)Mean daily minimum °C (°F)18.6
(65.5)18.2
(64.8)18.6
(65.5)19.4
(66.9)20.9
(69.6)23.8
(74.8)25.3
(77.5)25.3
(77.5)25.3
(77.5)25.7
(78.3)23.8
(74.8)21.2
(70.2)22.0
(71.6)Record low °C (°F)14.0
(57.2)15.0
(59.0)16.0
(60.8)16.5
(61.7)17.2
(63.0)19.5
(67.1)21.5
(70.7)21.3
(70.3)18.9
(66.0)17.5
(63.5)17.9
(64.2)17.0
(62.6)14.0
(57.2)Average rainfall mm (inches)2.0
(0.08)1.0
(0.04)0.0
(0.0)0.0
(0.0)0.0
(0.0)10.0
(0.39)61.0
(2.40)165.0
(6.50)134.0
(5.28)37.0
(1.46)1.0
(0.04)1.0
(0.04)411
(16.2)Average rainy days1.91.11.10.30.52.07.012.89.42.91.41.441.8Average relative humidity (%)69757679797877798179746676Mean monthly sunshine hours244.9245.8285.2288.0291.4252.0232.5223.2219.0257.3249.0238.73,031.6Source: DWD
+Dakar mean sea temperatureJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear22 °C (72 °F)20 °C (68 °F)20 °C (68 °F)21 °C (70 °F)23 °C (73 °F)25 °C (77 °F)27 °C (81 °F)27 °C (81 °F)27 °C (81 °F)27 °C (81 °F)27 °C (81 °F)24 °C (75 °F)24 °C (75 °F)

 Museums 

 IFAN Museum of African Arts or Musee Theodore Monod
 Henriette-Bathily Women's Museum
 House of Slaves
 Village des Arts
 Parc Forestier et Zoologique de Hann, aka the Senegal Zoo
 Museum of Black Civilisations
 Dynamic Museum
 Nembanne mine 
Abdoulaye Faye, footballer
Akon, R&B singer
Baaba Maal, singer and guitarist
Babacar Khane, yoga practitioner
Boris Diaw, basketball player
Bouna Coundoul, footballer
Cheikh Anta Diop, Historian, anthropologist, physicist, politician Cheikh Anta Diop University
Cheikh Samb, basketball player
DeSagana Diop, former basketball player, head coach of the Westchester Knicks
Didier Raoult, microbiologist and virologist, was born in Dakar in 1952
Fatou Samba, member of South Korean girl group Blackswan
Hamady N'Diaye, basketball player
Ibou Badji, basketball player
Ibrahim Ba, former footballer
Ismaël Lô, singer-songwriter
Idrissa Gueye, footballer
Issa, R&B singer
Khaby Lame, influencer
Macoumba Kandji, footballer
Mamadou N'Diaye, former basketball player for Auburn University and the Toronto Raptors
Mame Biram Diouf, footballer
Marc Lièvremont, former rugby player and former head coach of the France national rugby union team
Marcel Lefebvre, Founder of the SSPX, Apostolic delegate to Pope Pius XII, and Archbishop of Dakar.
Mbaye Diagne, United Nations military observer and hero during the Rwandan genocide
Mouhamed Gueye, basketball player
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, foreign correspondent for NPR News
Orchestra Baobab
Ousmane Barro, basketball player
Papa Amadou Kante, basketball player
Papa Bouba Diop, former footballer
Pape Paté Diouf, football player
Papiss Cisse, footballer
Patrice Evra, former footballer,
Patrick Vieira, former footballer
Pélagie Gbaguidi, contemporary artist
Sadio Mane, footballer
N'Goné Fall, cultural consultant
Sheck Wes, rapper, songwriter, model
Ségolène Royal, French politician born in Dakar
Souleyman Sané, former footballer
Tacko Fall, basketball player
Thione Seck, singer and songwriter
Wasis Diop, musician
Youssou N'Dour, singer and percussionist
 International relations 
, New York: Edwin Mellen Press.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Mellen_Press
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Baku, Azerbaijanhttp://www.azerbaijans.com/content_1719_en.htmlhttps://duesseldorfdakarcycling.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/finally-dakar-28-07-2014/
Douala, Cameroon
Isfahan, Iran
Melbourne, Australia
Milan, Italyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20141027040938/http://www.comune.milano.it/portale/wps/portal/CDM?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=%2Fwps%2Fwcm%2Fconnect%2Fcontentlibrary%2FIn+Comune%2FIn+Comune%2FCitt+Gemellate%2F
Oran, Algeria
Rangpur, Bangladesh
Rosario, Argentinahttps://web.archive.org/web/20150319103223/http://www.rosario.gov.ar/mr/mri/www/city-city-program/town-twinning-agreements
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Taipei, Taiwan
Washington, D.C.https://web.archive.org/web/20140606225333/http://os.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/os/publication/attachments/OS_DC_Dakar_Renewal_2006.pdf

 Bibliography 
Meŋ kaa kyɛ: Bibliography kyaare a yelkore ko Dakar

Ziiri mine liŋkiri  
Dakar official website  (archived)


Category:1664 establishments in the British Empire
Category:1677 establishments in the French colonial empire
Category:1857 establishments in the French colonial empire
Category:Capitals in Africa
Category:Communes of Senegal
Category:Populated coastal places in Senegal
Category:Populated places established in the 15th century
Category:Populated places in Dakar region
Category:Port cities in Africa
Category:Regional capitals in Senegal

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