Ngor ( in
Wolof) is a
commune d'arrondissement of the city of
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...
,
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
. As of 2013 it had a population of 17,383. The westernmost point of the country and the mainland African continent is located in Ngor. Ngor is one of the four original
Lebou villages of the
Cap-Vert
Cap-Vert, or the Cape Verde Peninsula, and Kap Weert or Bopp bu Nëtëx (in Wolof), is a peninsula in Senegal and the westernmost point of the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasia mainland. Portuguese explorers called it Cabo Verde or ...
Peninsula, along with
Yoff
Yoff (; ) is a town (''commune d'arrondissement''), part of the city (''commune'') of Dakar, located in Senegal. It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport. The town is built along the br ...
,
Hann, and
Ouakam.
It includes the small .
Ngor's recorded history dates back to 1550, when migrants from the interior of Senegal including the
Walo
Walo may refer to:
* Walo (rodent)
* Waalo
Waalo () was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in West Africa, in what is now Senegal and Mauritania. It included parts of the valley proper and areas north and south, extending to the Atlantic Ocean ...
,
Cayor
The Cayor Kingdom (; ) was from 1549 to 1876 the largest and most powerful kingdom that split off from the Jolof Empire in what is now Senegal. The Cayor Kingdom was located in northern and central Senegal, southeast of Waalo, west of the kingdom ...
, Jolof (also as Djolof or Wolof) and
Baol
Baol or Bawol was a kingdom in what is now central Senegal. Founded in the 11th century, it was a vassal of the Jolof Empire before becoming independent in the mid-16th century. The ruler bore the title of Teigne (title), Teigne (or Teeň) and re ...
came into the
Cap-Vert peninsula.
Sports club
The most notable football club is
Olympique de Ngor. The club once played at the First Division of Senegal and later
Ligue 1 (Premier League) and was relegated in 2016 to Ligue 2 where they currently play. Another club named Almadies who once played in the First Division up to around the 1970s was also based in Ngor.
Notable people
*
Diogal Sakho, musician
References
Further reading
* C. T. Mbengue, "An introduction to the traditional villages of Yoff, Ngor and Ouakam ", R. Register and B. Peeks (under the direction of), ''Village wisdom, future cities'', 1996, Third Ecoville-Ecovillage (Écoville-Écovillage) International Conference at Yoff, Sénégal, Ecocity Builders, Oakland, California, p. 82–85.
* Jean-Louis Acquier, ''Ngor, village de la grande banlieue de Dakar : traditions et mutations'', University of Bordeaux, 1971, p. 250 p.
* Fatou Seye Mbow, ''Évolution des villages lébou du Cap-Vert : le cas de Ngor''
'Evolution of Lebou Village of the Cap-Vert Peninsula'', Dakar, University of Dapar, 1983, p. 168
External links
Official website
Arrondissements of Dakar
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