Dakar

Dakar
The capital of Senegal in West Africa . A city located in Cape Berde at the West of Africa and is located at the top of the mainland of the mainland of Afro-Eurasia . If you mark Senegal's territory on the map, it becomes the face of a person looking at the left .[3] The population is 1.2 million.


It is located on a peninsula surrounded by the sea on three sides except the east . As it is located at the westernmost tip of Africa , it is an important port that holds a key position in transatlantic trade and European trade .

There are European-style buildings influenced by France , and there is also a slave camp built during the colonial period. Europe-Africa-America is also called an important strategic point for maritime trade routes. Many ships dock here.

Takar means "a place for people to avoid." In fact, it is believed to reflect the fact that there is a military base.

Dakar in 1857 Built by France . Originally, Gorée Island was a major trading port in French West Africa, but when the slave trade was abolished throughout France in 1848, peanut production was encouraged on the mainland to replace it. As a result, the port located on Gorée Island became useless, and merchants moved to the mainland. So the colonial authorities began construction of large-scale public infrastructure for the development of Dakar, and the city where that infrastructure is located is Dakar.

In 1902 , after moving its center from Saint-Louis , it became the entire capital of French West Africa . In 1929, the commune of Gorée Island, now with only a few hundred residents, was annexed to Dakar. During colonial times, Dakar was one of the major cities of the French Empire, comparable to Hanoi or Beirut . French trading companies established branches here, and thanks to the port and railroad facilities, mills, breweries, refineries, and canneries were built. However, this benefit only went to the French, and the colonists were forced to move from the center of Dakar.

1940 september The Battle of Dakar took place between Pétain 's Vichy French government and de Gaulle 's Free France, in which Free France was ultimately defeated. It was the capital of the Federation of Mali from 1959 to 1960 , and has functioned as the capital of Senegal since Senegal gained independence from Mali . Senegal's first president, Leopold Sedar Senghor, sought to make Dakar the Athens of sub-Saharan Africa.

The Dakar-Naiser Railway, which connects to Mali 's Culicoro, starts here.

In 2024, the BRT system was opened. #

It is a 0.28㎢ island 2km from Dakar and has a population of 1,800. The name Gore is a corruption of the Dutch word Goeree, and is taken from the island of Goere in the Netherlands.

The island was uninhabited before the Europeans arrived because there was little drinking water, but when Portuguese traders settled here, it became the first place in Africa frequented by European traders. Afterwards, the Netherlands, England, and France competed for control of the island several times, and occupation and return were repeated several times. Ultimately, France took possession of Gorée Island. Gorée was primarily a trading post, and was administratively affiliated with Saint-Louis, the capital of the Senegal colony. In addition to slaves, wax, leather, and grain were also traded. However, when France abolished the slave trade, it declined as merchants moved their bases to the mainland. Gorée is connected to the mainland by ferries that run every 30 minutes, and many of its historic commercial and residential buildings have been converted into restaurants and hotels to attract tourists.

The Dakar-Gore Swim Race began in 1985 to honor victims of slavery who showed resilience by attempting to swim to freedom.

Koei The West African city of "Verde" in the Age of Discovery series corresponds to Dakar. It means Cape Verde.

In the animation Thirty Thousand Leagues in Search of Mom, this is the last place the main character came to before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

It is the location of the Federal Federal Council of Mobile Suit Z Gundam . At the General Assembly here, Kwatroba Pants and speeches successfully turn the federal public opinion to Euogo . After a year and nine years later , Zion remnants are attacked. It is said that desertification was described in the work of descriptions to Takarko. As if trying to ignore it, the federal government relocates the capital to Lasa in Tibet . Of course the catastrophe[5] Then he returns to Takar.