Guédiawaye
Guédiawaye | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 14°47′N 17°24′W / 14.783°N 17.400°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Dakar Region |
Area | |
• Total | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) |
Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 329,659 |
• Density | 25,000/km2 (66,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
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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 2013 it had a population of 329,659. Until the mid-2000s, the département was part of Pikine.
Administration
[edit]For administrative purposes the town is also a single arrondissement divided into 5 communes d'arrondissement which are (2013 population in brackets):
- Golf Sud (92,345)
- Sam Notaire (78,660)
- Ndiarème Limamoulaye (35,171)
- Wakhinane Nimzatt (89,721)
- Médina Gounass (33,762)
History
[edit]The town was founded in the 1950s as a planned commuter town for the city of Dakar. It has a large covered market. A further, informal, community grew up adjacent to it from the 1960s.
Notable people from the town include the football goalkeeper Tony Sylva.
Twin towns - sister cities
[edit]Guédiawaye is twinned with:
Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
Tifariti, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Image gallery
[edit]- Streets in the town
- Women at a sewing school