Dangou
District of Rufisque
in Dakar, Senegal
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Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (15 mi) - Kaolack Airport (91 mi)
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Banjul International Airport (104 mi) - Saint Louis Airport (106 mi)
- Richard Toll Airport (160 mi)
- Cap Skirring Airport (164 mi)
- Ziguinchor Airport (164 mi)
- Kolda North Airport (199 mi)
- Island of Gorée (Unesco heritage, 45 mi)
- Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites (Unesco heritage, 146 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 14.725 and -17.271 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 14° 43' 30" and W -17° 16' 15"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - XOF
- Spoken languages:
- French, Wolof
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 02:38 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Africa/Dakar
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 8:10 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 Dangou
The district Dangou of Rufisque in Dakar is located in Senegal a little east of Dakar, the country's capital.
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: 25°C / 78 °F
| Morning Temperature | 25°C / 77 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 25°C / 77 °F |
| Night Temperature | 25°C / 77 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 68% |
| Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 88% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
25°C (78 °F)
25°C (78 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
25°C (78 °F)
25°C (78 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
26°C (79 °F)
26°C (78 °F)
Overcast clouds, fresh breeze.
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Presque tout Manque Dans Le Village des Pêcheurs Saisonniers.
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Rich mon djizz du 02 Mai 2012 - Partie 1
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Pèlerinage Marial de Popenguine - 27 Mai 2012 - Partie 4
Pèlerinage Marial de Popenguine.
L'Excision Des Filles - Wareff - 05 Juin 2012 - Partie 8
Thème de la semaine : l'excision des filles.
Horaire bi du 26 avril 2012 - Partie 2
l'émission "horaire bi" se rend a MBAM dans la région de Fatick.
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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.
Gorée
Île de Gorée (i.e. "Gorée Island"; is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. It is a 0.182 square kilometres island located 2 kilometres at sea from the main harbor of Dakar . Its population as of 31 January 2005 official estimates is 1,056 inhabitants, giving a density of 5,802 inh. per km², which is only half the average density of the city of Dakar. Gorée is both the smallest and the least populated of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of Dakar.
Lake Retba
Lake Retba or Lac Rose lies north of the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, north east of Dakar. It is so named for its pink waters, caused by Dunaliella salina algae in the water that produce a red pigment that uses sunlight to create more energy, turning the waters pink. The color is particularly visible during the dry season. The lake is also known for its high salt content, which, like that of the Dead Sea, allows people to float easily.
Rufisque
Rufisque is a city in the Dakar region of western Senegal, at the base of the Cap-Vert Peninsula. It has a population of 179,797 (2002 census). In the past it was an important port city in its own right, but is now a suburb of Dakar. Rufisque is also the capital of the department of the same name.
National Assembly (Senegal)
The National Assembly is the lower house of Senegal's parliament.
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.
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.
Rufisque Department
Rufisque Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Dakar Region.
Thiès Department
Thiès Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Thiès Region.
Dakar Grand Mosque
The Dakar Grand Mosque (also Grande Mosquée de Dakar) is one of the most important religious buildings in the capital of Senegal. It is situated on Allée Pape Gueye Fall.
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.
Bargny, Senegal
Bargny (also, Bargny-Gouddau and Bargny Gouddou) is a settlement in Senegal. It is located in a somewhat sheltered bay about 15 km to the east of the capital, Dakar.
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.
Cambérène
Cambérène is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. As of 2007 it had a population of 41,512.
Hann Bel-Air
Hann Bel-Air is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal.
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.
Sébikotane Arrondissement
Sébikotane Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Rufisque Department in the Dakar Region of Senegal.
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.
These districts also belong to Rufisque.
Other districtsThese are districts that are close by, but belong to a different city than Rufisque.
- Rufisque est
- Rufisque ouest
- Quarter Angel Mouss
- Sant Yalla Djiddah Thiaroye Kao
- Cite Pepiniere
- Abattoirs I
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Rufisque.
