VirtualGlobetrotting: Senegal: Dakar

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Place de l'Obélisque
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L'Obélisque, situé en haut du Boulevard du Général De Gaulle, a été érigée en souvenir de l'accession du Sénégal à l'indépendance (1960). Certaines manifestations artistiques et culturelles y sont organisées. (www.au-senegal.com)

Gorée island - 'The Door of No Return'
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Île de Gorée (Gorée Island; Wolof: Beer Dun) is 1 of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of Dakar. It's a 45-ac island 2 km from the main harbor of Dakar and is famous as a destination for people interested in the Atlantic slave trade, though its actual role in the history of the slave trade is the subject of dispute.
1 of the first 12 sites designated a World Heritage Site in 1978.

Place de l'Independance
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Une place dans le style "vieille France" avec jardin, fontaine et monument aux morts, au centre du quartier des affaires. Tout autour, des bâtiments administratifs (Chambre de commerce, ministère des Affaires étrangères, Gouvernance) et de nombreuses banques et compagnies aériennes. (www.au-senegal.com)

Senegal Navy ships(?) at Port de Dakar
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Cap Vert Peninsula
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The end of the rally Paris-Dakar.

Grande Mosquée (Grand Mosque)
Inaugurée en 1964 par le roi du Maroc Mohammed V, la grande mosquée est un des plus vastes monuments religieux d'Afrique avec une capacité de 10 000 fidèles. Elle est dominée par un minaret de 67 m de hauteur. Elle abrite un institut islamique. (www.au-senegal.com)

Club Med - Les Almadies

Dakar airplane over water
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Airplane very low over the water in Dakar harbor

Senegal Air Force Base
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Military base
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Note the parade ground on the west end and the shooting range on the east end.

Two in drydock in Port de Dakar

Marché Kermel
Magnifique construction datant de 1860, classée dans le Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. il a été détruit par un incendie en 1994, puis reconstruit à l'identique en 1997. On y trouve tous les produits alimentaires de type européen : viande, poissons et crustacés, fruits et légumes. Autour, des vendeuses de fleurs et des boutiques d'artisanat. La place du marché est entourée par de belles maisons coloniales. (www.au-senegal.com)

Senegal Air Force Mil Mi-35 helicopter gunships.
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These are the two 2 Mi-35 supplied by Russia in 2007.
The Mil Mi-24 (NATO reporting name 'Hind') is a large helicopter gunship (and attack helicopter) and low-capacity troop transport (Carries 8) produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated from 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. In October 2007, the Russian Air Force announced it would replace its 250 Mi-24 helicopter gunships with 300 more modern Mi-28s and possibly Ka-50s by 2015.
In NATO circles the export versions, Mi-25 and Mi-35, are simply denoted with a letter suffix as "Hind D" and "Hind E" respectively.

Piscine Olympique
This is a municipal pool and I suspect used by Senegalese practicing for Olympic competition. Not sure of its exact name... it might simply be Piscine Olympique, what it seems to be called quite frequently. It is fairly new. It's located in "l'oeuf" in Point E. "L'oeuf" looks like a park to me, with tennis and landscaping and playing fields... but I can't find a park name at all.

Stade Iba Mar Diop
Multi-use facility, used very much for wrestling which is perhaps the most popular sport in Senegal. This location is similar to Stade Demba Diop in that there is a smaller sports venue immediately to the west... what its name is... and what exactly it is I have no idea.

Mosquée du Point E

an oceanfront amphitheatre(?)

Senegal Air Force Mil Mi-17 helicopters
These two are all that Senegal flies.
The Mil Mi-17 (also known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service, NATO reporting name "Hip") is a Russian-designed helicopter currently in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude. Mil Mi-8/17 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. The Soviet Union specifically designed the Mi-17 for the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor
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Cathédrale du Souvenir Africain (Cathedral of the African Memory)
Inaugurated in 1929

Université Cheikh Anta Diop
Créée en 1957, c'est la plus importante structure d'enseignement supérieur du Sénégal. Elle est composée de 30 établissements d'enseignement supérieur de recherche. Elle porte le nom de Cheikh Anta Diop, savant et humainsite (1922-1986), restaurateur de la conscience noire, qui revendiquait la part de l'Afrique dans la civilisation mondiale. (www.au-senegal.com)

Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR)
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Présidence de la République (presidential palace)
built in 1907, public tours of the inside of the Palace are not conducted. Unlike in many other African countries, visitors are encouraged to photograph the Palace and the strikingly attired presidential guards. The interior retains its original French flair, but is decorated with Senegalese art, most notably tapestries

Phare des Mamelles or Mamelles Light
The light isn't more towards the ocean, it's more towards the center of the mass of buildings and landscaping. A very important lighthouse that has been guiding ships around the western tip of Africa since 1864.

Le Méridien President Resort & Golf Club

Mosquée de la Divinité

Chaussée des Almadies
Lighthouse on a reef off of Pointe des Almadies.
Perhaps a Google Earth thumbnail might be better?

Stade Demba Diop

Cimetière Musulman

Airplane off the Coast of Dakar
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Beluga Airbus Taxiing at Dakar Yoff Airport
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The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter) or Beluga is a version of the standard A300-600 wide-body airliner modified to carry aircraft parts and over-sized or awkward cargo. It was officially called the Super Transporter at first, but the name Beluga became popular and has now been officially adopted.

Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly)

Stade Port Autonome
This dirt football pitch is, I'm guessing, just a practice field for ASC Port Autonome who plays at Stade Demba Diop.

Immeuble Kébé (tallest building in Senegal)
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French (?) Transal C-160 in Senegal
The plane on the tarmac is a Transal C-160. The Senegal Air Force flies none of these. Probably French.
The Transall C-160 (often C.160) is a military transport aircraft developed by a consortium of French and German aircraft manufacturers for the air forces of those two nations and that of South Africa. The C-160 will be replaced in French and German service by the Airbus A400M, now under development.

small stadium for what sport?
This must have a name but I wasn't able to find out what. And what sport is it? Not basketball. Not baseball. Not hockey. Not tennis. Not lawn bowling. Not racecar driving. Not cricket.

Aircraft wreckage
Looks like an old discarded cargo plane.

Gare de Dakar
Running twice a week, the train departs here for Bamako, the capital city of the neighboring country Mali. At upwards of 35 miles per hour the train zooms along getting you to your destination in maybe a day and a half... if you're lucky. Prepare for mass boredom... an interesting journey but this ain't Amtrak!

Controversial 'African Renaissance Monument' under construction
The African Renaissance Monument is a 49m tall bronze statue outside of Dakar, Senegal. Built overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Ouakam suburb, the statue was designed by the Senegalese architect Pierre Goudiaby after an idea presented by president Abdoulaye Wade and built by a company from North Korea. Site preparation on top of the 100-meter high hill began in 2006, and construction of the bronze statue began 3 April 2008. Originally scheduled for completion in December 2009, delays stretched into early 2010, and the formal dedication occurred on 4 April 2010, Senegal's "National Day", commemorating the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from France.
The monument is meant to commemorate Senegal's 50 years of independence, but many see it as a monument to the vanity of 83-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade, who has made the $25 million statue his pet project. Religious groups have also condemned its pseudo-Soviet artistic style and the scantily clad female figure.

Seydou Nourou Tall mosque

Pointe des Almadies - Westernmost Point on the African Continent

Embassy of Canada, Dakar
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Stade Marius Ndiaye
an indoor arena used a lot for basketball -- Federation Senegalaise de Basket-Ball -- as well as other events

two ships in Port de Dakar

Japanese Embassy to Senegal

Ateliers Dakar

Dakar Prison

Parc National des Îles de la Madeleine
About 4km west of Dakar

Palais de Justice

Embassy of the United States, Dakar
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Twin 240mm Mle 1893-96 armored turret
With the development of Dakar as a major port and naval base, a reassessment of the defensive requirements of the whole area, including Gorée Island, was made and between 1900 and 1914 new works were put in hand. An armoured turret with modern twin 240mm Mle 1893-96 guns was emplaced on Bastion 3 of the fort on Le Castel.

Dassault Atlantic 2
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University of Dakar
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Main campus of the Cheikh Anta Diop University, also known as the University of Dakar. Founded in 1957. About 60,000 students.

Parc Zoologique Hann
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IFAN Museum of African Arts
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The Musée de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire or IFAN Museum of African Arts in Dakar, Senegal is one of the oldest art museums in West Africa. It was promoted by Léopold Senghor, the country's first President. In December 2007, its official title was changed to The Théodore Monod African Art Museum ("Musée Théodore Monod d'Art africain"), after the French naturalist Théodore André Monod, former director of IFAN. Previously its official name had been "Le Musée d'Art africain de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire Cheikh Anta Diop IFAN/CAD".

Embassy of Italy, Dakar
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Embassy of Spain, Dakar
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Large floating dry dock
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Embassy of Germany in Dakar, Senegal
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Embassy of Belgium, Dakar

Embassy of India, Dakar

Embassy of Switzerland, Dakar

Fort d'Estrées
The defence of the northern end of the island had been served by small open batteries, but between 1852 and 1856 these were replaced by a circular masonry fort armed with 10x16cm RMLs mounted en barbette and named Fort d'Estrées after the admiral who had captured Gorée from the Dutch in 1677.

Embassy of Ghana, Dakar

French Air Force Transall C-160R
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Embassy of South Africa, Dakar

Le Castel
Built to protect the slave trading run out of Dakar in the 1600s.

Senegal Military Headquarters
I'm guessing its positioned at the end of the cape to be more defensible against internal coups since there is little or no threat or protection from the sea.

Embassy of the United Kingdom, Dakar

Embassy of China, Dakar

Embassy of Turkey, Dakar

Embassy of Netherlands in Dakar
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Embassy of Luxembourg in Dakar
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Embassy of Austria in Dakar
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Embassy of Nigeria in Dakar

Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
IATA: DKR, ICAO: GOOY

Embassy of Cameroon in Dakar

Embassy of Morocco in Dakar

Embassy of Ivory Coast in Dakar

Embassy of Ukraine in Dakar

Embassy of Iraq in Dakar

Embassy of Burkina Faso in Dakar

Embassy of Gambia in Dakar

Save the Children Senegal

International Organization for Migration Senegal

Embassy of France in Dakar

Embassy of Niger in Dakar

Embassy of South Korea in Dakar

Embassy of Algeria in Dakar

Embassy of Indonesia in Dakar