Guédiawaye | |
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Town | |
  Guédiawaye | |
| Coordinates: 14°47′N 17°24′W / 14.783°N 17.400°W | |
| Country |  Senegal |
| 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) |
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.
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Administration
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
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
Guédiawaye is twinned with:
Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
Tifariti, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Image gallery
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References
- GeoHive: Senegal
- Mariko Shiohata, The Literacy Environment and the Acquisition and Application of Literacy: A case study from Senegal
14°47′N 17°24′W / 14.783°N 17.400°W
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This page was last edited on 16 March 2021, at 10:28