Country Senegal Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Local time Sunday 8:30 AM | Region Dakar Region Area 13 km² Population 317,464 (2011) | |
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Weather 21°C, Wind N at 13 km/h, 84% Humidity | ||
A woman in gu diawaye family planning for health and development in senegal
Guédiawaye is a town and département of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying on the Atlantic Ocean to the north east of Dakar city centre, in 2013 it had a population of 329,659. Until the mid-2000s, the département was part of Pikine.
Contents
- A woman in gu diawaye family planning for health and development in senegal
- Map of Guediawaye Senegal
- Administration
- History
- Twin towns sister cities
- References
Map of Guediawaye, Senegal
Administration
For administrative purposes the town is also a single arrondissement divided into 5 communes d'arrondissement which are (2013 population in brackets):
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 - sister cities
Guédiawaye is twinned with:
References
Guédiawaye Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA