19 Facts About Dakar

In 1902, Dakar replaced Saint-Louis as the capital of French West Africa.

Dakar itself was split off from Goree as a separate commune in 1887.

Dakar replaced Saint-Louis as the capital of French West Africa in 1902.

In 1940, Dakar became involved in the Second World War when General de Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces, sought to make the city the base of his resistance operations.

However, due to delays and the plan becoming known, Dakar had already come under the influence of the German controlled will of the Vichy government.

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Dakar was the capital of the short-lived Mali Federation from 1959 to 1960, after which it became the capital of Senegal.

Dakar is a major financial center, home to a dozen national and regional banks, and to numerous international organizations, NGOs and international research centers.

Dakar has a large Lebanese community that dates to the 1920s, a community of Moroccan business people, as well as Mauritanian, Cape Verdean, and Guinean communities.

Dakar is located on the Cap-Vert peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland.

Dakar has an ocean-influenced hot semi-arid climate, with a short rainy season and a lengthy dry season.

Commune of Dakar has been in continuous existence since 1887, being preserved by the new state of Senegal after independence in 1960, although its limits have varied considerably over time.

The Dakar region encompasses the city of Dakar and all its suburbs along the Cape Verde Peninsula.

City of Dakar is a member of the Organization of World Heritage Cities, and contains several landmarks.

Dakar is flanked by two small islands, Ile de N'Gor and Ile de Goree.

Dakar was selected as the Capital of Islamic Culture for African Region for the year 2007 by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, honoring its Islamic heritage.

Dakar is known as the birthplace of the Layene Brotherhood, a Sufi tariqa founded by Seydina Mouhammadou Limamou Laye in 1883 at the commune of Yoff.

Prominent worshiping sites for Muslims in Dakar include the Grand Mosque of Dakar, built in 1964, which is situated at Allee Pape Gueye Fall of Medina, the Mosque of the Divinity, constructed in 1973, situated in Ouakam, with the characteristic triangular windows, and Omarienne Mosque with minarets topped by green orbs.

Dakar used to be the finishing point of the Dakar Rally until 2007, before the event was moved to South America for the security concerns in Mauritania.

Dakar was set to host the 2022 edition of the Youth Summer Olympics the games have been postponed to 2026, it will be the first of its kind Olympics ever held in Africa.