Guédiawaye
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Guédiawaye is a city in the Guédiawaye Department of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying on the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast of Dakar city centre, in 2013 it had a population of 329,659. Until the mid-2000s, the département was part of Pikine.
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 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 Tony Sylva.
Twin towns and sister cities
Guédiawaye is twinned with:
- {{flagicon|USA}}Birmingham, Alabama, United States.{{Cite web |title=Guediawaye |url=https://birminghamsistercities.org/cities/guediawaye/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Birmingham Sister Cities |language=en-US}}
- {{flagicon|Western Sahara}}Tifariti, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Image gallery
File:Dakar_-_Guediawaye.jpg|Streets in the town
File:Dakar - Guediawaye 2.jpg
File:Dakar - Guediawaye 3.jpg
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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
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150419181654/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/senegal.aspx GeoHive: Senegal]
- Mariko Shiohata, [http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/file_download.php/dd81f08d3383a1bf63ef5097ac5c73baShiohata_M.doc The Literacy Environment and the Acquisition and Application of Literacy: A case study from Senegal]
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Category:Populated places in Dakar region
Category:Populated places established in the 1950s
Category:1950s establishments in Senegal
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