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Dakar

Capital of Senegal

Watercolour of Dakar, Senegal. Broad view over the Cap-Vert Peninsula, with the Atlantic shoreline, the Plateau district, dense low-rise urban fabric. Featuring African Renaissance Monument.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
African Renaissance Monument
Palette
Green should be prominent in vegetation and the overall visual impression.
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Not a fictional or generic city
Population2,646,503Wikidata: 1,146,053
Coordinates14.69°N, 17.44°W
Elevation10 m
Area80 km²
Time zoneAfrica/DakarUTC+0
Solar noon13:10clock runs 1.2 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Dakar and you surface nearest to Kirakira, Solomon Islands — 477 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

BanjulGM166 km
ToubaSN169 km
BissauGW372 km
NouakchottMR409 km
PraiaCV653 km
CamayenneGN703 km
ConakryGN703 km
FreetownSL827 km

Twinned cities

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