Guédiawaye is a town and ''département'' of the
Dakar Region of
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
. Lying on the
Atlantic Ocean
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to the north east of
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...
city centre, in 2013 it had a population of 329,659. Until the mid-2000s, the département was part of
Pikine
Pikine is a city in the Pikine Department of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying to the east of Dakar city centre, at the 2013 Census it had a population of 1,170,791. The department includes the villages of Yeumbeul, Thiaroye, Mbao, and Ke ...
.
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
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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
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Tony Sylva.
Twin towns - sister cities
Guédiawaye is
twinned with:
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Birmingham
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,
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
, United States.
*
Tifariti
Tifariti (Berber: Tifariti, ar, تيفاريتي) is an oasis town located in north-eastern Western Sahara, east of the Moroccan Berm, from Smara and north of the border with Mauritania. It is part of what Polisario Front calls the '' Liberated ...
,
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (; SADR; also romanized with Saharawi; ar, الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية ' es, República Árabe Saharaui Democrática), also known as Western Sahara, is a ...
.
Image gallery
File:Dakar_-_Guediawaye.jpg, Streets in the town
File:Dakar - Guediawaye 2.jpg
File:Dakar - Guediawaye 3.jpg
File:Dakar - Guediawaye 4.jpg
File:Dakar - Guediawaye 5.jpg
File:Dakar - Guediawaye - scuola cucito.jpg, Women at a sewing school
File:Dakar - Guediawaye - scuola cucito 3.jpg
File:Dakar - Guediawaye - scuola cucito 5.jpg
References
GeoHive: Senegal*Mariko Shiohata
The Literacy Environment and the Acquisition and Application of Literacy: A case study from Senegal
Populated places in Dakar Region
Communes of Senegal
Populated places established in the 1950s
1950s establishments in Senegal
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