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Dakar, Senegal: waterfront Dakar, Senegal Small boats are moored in the clear, shallow harbor of Goree Island, Dakar, with colorful colonial buildings and palm trees along the waterfront.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: BlackPast - Dakar, Senegal. Jul 19, 2025
Map added. Jun 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Organization of World Heritage Cities - Dakar, Senegal. Apr 23, 2022
Add new Web site: Organization of World Heritage Cities - Dakar, Senegal. Dec 03, 2019
Added additional information about cultural institutions located in Dakar. Dec 11, 2018
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Dakar, Senegal. Sep 26, 2017
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Dakar, Senegal, Africa. Jan 20, 2014
Media added. Feb 07, 2012
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Dakar. Jul 03, 2008
Article revised and updated. Sep 28, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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