Local time
Thu, 2:35 PM GMTAfrica/DakarCityCapital
Dakar
14.72° N, 17.48° W
- Population
- 2,604,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 10
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 10 cities of Senegal in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Senegal, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 10 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 80 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Dakar Department
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Africa/Dakar
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Dakar, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Dakar have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Dakar comes from the Wolof word "n'dakar," meaning "tamarind tree".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
