Guinaw-Rails
District of Pikine
in Dakar, Senegal
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Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (7 mi) - Kaolack Airport (99 mi)
- Saint Louis Airport (108 mi)
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Banjul International Airport (110 mi) - Richard Toll Airport (163 mi)
- Cap Skirring Airport (168 mi)
- Ziguinchor Airport (170 mi)
- Kolda North Airport (207 mi)
- Island of Gorée (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 14.765 and -17.391 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 14° 45' 52" and W -17° 23' 26"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - XOF
- Spoken languages:
- French, Wolof
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 06:09 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Africa/Dakar
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 8:14 am and 7:37 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -15.400 and 166.017 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Tombaesar - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,6 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Senegal.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Senegal. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Guinaw-Rails
The district Guinaw-Rails of Pikine in Dakar is located in Senegal a little north-east of Dakar, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dakar, Thies, Fatick, Diourbel and Kaolack. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 33°C / 92 °F
| Morning Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 27°C / 81 °F |
| Night Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 68% |
| Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
27°C (81 °F)
26°C (79 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
27°C (80 °F)
26°C (78 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
26°C (78 °F)
25°C (78 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
KING FAHD PALACE
Pullman Dakar Teranga
LE LAGON 2
Novotel Dakar
ibis Dakar
Hôtel Le Djoloff
Hotel du Phare Les Mamelles - Guesthouse
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Ahmet Tidiane élève de Cem pikine 9 entrain de faire: le rebotique dance...
Depuis cem pikine 9 avec Daouda Gueye et Babacar Buzzlab Konté.
Le Tetu Clandestin
Le Tetu Clandestin est un film d'animation réalisé par RIAC Films. Cette association située à Pikine, dans la banlieue dakaroise, au Sénégal, fonctionne comme un centre de production...
les ladoum de diop mou ndaw
Missione Senegol 2009 - Guinaw Rail, Dakar
sénégal 2013
www.ndongobeye.com
tous le monde me voires.
Echo Du village de la Francophonie : la Troupe Bassari sur l'esplanade du Grand Théatre
Echo Du village de la Francophonie.
15ème Sommet de la Francophonie - Conférence de presse finale : Intervention de Macky Sall
15ème Sommet de la Francophonie - Conférence de presse finale : Intervention de Macky Sall.
Plus de 28 milliards de la BM contre les inondations au Senegal
Lancement du PROGEP par le PM du Senegal le 28 mai 2013.
Making Cafe Touba
A local making a cup of Cafe Touba on the street of Dakar, Senegal.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Mali Federation
The Mali Federation (Fédération du Mali) was a country in West Africa. It was formed by a union between Senegal and the Sudanese Republic. It was founded on April 4, 1959, within the French Community and became entirely self-governing when it gained independence from France on June 20, 1960. The federation collapsed shortly after independence, on 20 August 1960, when Senegal withdrew, due to political disagreements. The Sudanese Republic was renamed the Republic of Mali on 22 September 1960.
Yoff
Yoff is a town (commune d'arrondissement) part of the city (commune) of Dakar. It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of Dakar Airport. The town is built along the broad beach at Yoff Bay. According to 31.12.2004 official estimates, the population of Yoff is 55,995 inhabitants. Administration is devolved to the town, which is essentially run by the Layene Islamic Brotherhood, the town featuring the mausoleum of its founder. As a result, no alcohol is available in the town.
Stade Leopold Senghor
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor is a multi-purpose stadium in Dakar, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has an athletics track. It serves as a home ground of ASC Jeanne d'Arc and the Senegal national football team. The stadium holds 60,000. It was built in 1985. On 13 October 2012, a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match between Senegal and Ivory Coast was abandoned due to rioting at the stadium. Senegal were disqualified from the tournament as a result.
Baie de Yof
Yoff Bay (fr. Baie de Yof) is a bay on the northwestern side of the Cap-Vert peninsula, directly north of the city centre of Dakar Senegal. The town of Yoff is located along the bay, and is a suburb of Dakar. It is located in the westernmost point of Africa.
House of Slaves (Gorée)
The House of Slaves (Maison des Esclaves) and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the Atlantic slave trade on tiny Goree Island, 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar, Senegal. Its museum, opened in 1962 and curated until his death in 2009 by Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye, is said to memorialise the final exit point of the slaves from Africa.
Stade Demba Diop
Stade Demba Diop is a multi-use stadium in greater Dakar, Senegal. It is situated on Boulevard Président Habib Bourguiba in Sicap-Liberté, an urban arrondissement of Dakar.
Guédiawaye
Guédiawaye is a town and département of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying on the Atlantic Ocean to the north east of Dakar city centre, in 2005 it had a population of 280,353. Until the mid-2000s, the département was part of Pikine.
Guédiawaye Department
Guédiawaye Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Dakar Region.
Pikine Department
Pikine Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Dakar Region. Its capital is Pikine.
Marius Ndiaye Stadium
Marius Ndiaye stadium is an indoor arena in Dakar, Senegal, used primarily for basketball. The arena was home to the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007 in September 2007.
Dakar-Plateau
Dakar-Plateau is an arrondissement in the Dakar Department, and forms the central district of the city of Dakar. Senegalese arrondissements are quite different from the arrondissements of Paris, being merely local administrative structures of the central state, like the Senegalese départements, and are thus more comparable to French departmental arrondissements. In 1996, a massive reform of the administrative and political divisions of Senegal was voted by the Parliament of Senegal.
Hann, Senegal
Hann is a neighbourhood of Dakar, the capital of Senegal. It is located on the eastern side of the small south facing peninsula on which the old city of Dakar built. Hann neighborhood sits along a crescent shaped beach called Hann Bay. Hann is part of the Hann Bel-Air commune d'arrondissement: a part of the municipal Dakar Department which covers the city of Dakar.
Biscuiterie
Biscuiterie is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal, part of the arrondissment of Grand Dakar. It is located in the centre-southern area of the city. As of 2007, it had a population of 56,932. La Biscuiterie owes its name to the eponymous "Biscuiterie" (also known as "Biscuiterie de Medina", "Biscuit factory of Medina"), a former biscuit factory that has been restructured into an exhibition venue.
Cambérène
Cambérène is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. As of 2007 it had a population of 41,512.
Dieuppeul-Derklé
Dieuppeul-Derklé is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. As of 2007 it had a population of 39,871.
Grand Dakar
Grand Dakar is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal.
Hann Bel-Air
Hann Bel-Air is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal.
Grand Yoff
Grand Yoff is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. As of 2007 it had a population of 144,859.
HLM (Dakar)
HLM is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. As of 2007 it had a population of 46,722.
Médina, Dakar
Médina is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal, part of the Dakar-Plateau arrondissement, located in the southern part of Dakar. Médina is one of the most ancient and most populous areas of Dakar, and one that has kept its original African character, as opposed to the modern districts of the Plateau. As such, it is also a cultural centre of the city.
Parcelles Assainies
Parcelles Assainies is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. As of 2007 it had a population of 143,967.
Patte d'Oie (Dakar)
Patte d'Oie is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal.
Sicap-Liberté
Sicap-Liberté is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. As of 2007 it had a population of 47,134.
Henriette-Bathily Women's Museum
The Henriette-Bathily Women's Museum is a museum located on Gorée, an island on the coast of Senegal, across from the House of Slaves (Gorée). A project conceived in 1987 by the filmmaker Ousmane William Mbaye, it was opened in 1994 under the direction of Annette Mbaye d'Erneville.
AJSS
The Association des Jeunes pour la Sensibilisation et la Solidarite (AJSS) is a Senegalese organization whose stated aims are to help young Senegalese away from poverty, criminality and emigration. The AJSS was officially established 23 September 2005 after a meeting held by young people from Sicap-Liberté The AJSS has approximately 400 members.
These districts also belong to Pikine.
- Diaksaw
- Diokoul
- Guinaw Rails Nord
- Keur Moktar Ba
- Keuri Kaw
- Keuri Souf
- Medina Gounas
- Ndunkou
- Nimzat
- Tiaroye Kaw
- Tivaouane
These are districts that are close by, but belong to a different city than Pikine.
- Cite Pepiniere
- Sant Yalla Djiddah Thiaroye Kao
- Abattoirs I
- Quarter Angel Mouss
- Unite 19
- Cite CSE
- Gueule Tapee 3
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Pikine.
