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Dakar (Senegal)
Dakar is a port city on the Cap-Vert peninsula and the capital of present-day Senegal. It was the headquarters of French West Africa, one of the two great federations through which the French Empire governed its African colonies. It became the capital of independent Senegal in 1960.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dakar (Senegal). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dakar-senegal
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