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Commune d'arrondissement in Dakar Region, Senegal
Ouakam
Commune d'arrondissement
Ouakam location
Country
Senegal
Region
Dakar Region
Department
Dakar Department
Area
• Total
5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population
(2013)
• Total
74,692
• Density
15,000/km2 (39,000/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+0 (GMT)
Ouakam is a commune d'arrondissement in the city of Dakar, Senegal. The commune is the birthplace of French politicians Ségolène Royal and Rama Yade and Senegalese writer and politician Birago Diop. Ouakam is one of the four original Lebou villages of the Cap-Vert Peninsula, along with Yoff, Ngor, and Hann.[1]
^"Why the name: Dakar?". African Heritage. 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
Ouakam is a commune d'arrondissement in the city of Dakar, Senegal. The commune is the birthplace of French politicians Ségolène Royal and Rama Yade and...
debut for Senegal in 2013. Born in Ouakam, Dakar Department, Niasse began his football career with hometown club US Ouakam in the second tier. He signed his...
Sportive Ouakam (estimate Wolof form: Wakaam), abbreviation: USO is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar in the subdivision of Ouakam in the west...
Mamelles, outside Dakar, Senegal. Built overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Ouakam suburb, the statue was designed by the Senegalese architect Pierre Goudiaby...
Issa Samb, also known as Joe Ouakam (31 December 1945 – 25 April 2017) was a Senegalese painter, sculptor, performance artist, playwright and poet. Issa...
aquacultural subgroup of the Wolof ethnic group. The original villages—Ouakam, Ngor, Yoff and Hann—still constitute distinctively Lebou neighborhoods...
اللاهوت; French: Mosquée de la Divinité) built 1997, is a mosque located in Ouakam, Senegal. It is a structure with two minarets. The mosque provides a view...
cancelled the order. The Air Force's headquarters are currently located at Ouakam, near the capital of Dakar, on the opposite side of the Léopold Sédar Senghor...
Retrieved 23 January 2024. "N1 Masculin : Idrissa Cissokho sur le banc de l'US Ouakam !". Basketsenegal (in French). 6 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024...
Mamelles, Collines des Mamelles, or simply Mamelles are twin hills located in Ouakam, a suburban commune of Dakar, in the Cap-Vert peninsula, Senegal. These...
NabyAllah movement has emerged and constructed the Mosque of the Divinity in Ouakam. The Layenes are a Muslim brotherhood based in Mahdism. This group originated...
Stade Demba Diop collapsed during a match between Stade de Mbour and US Ouakam. The stadium holds 30,000 people and its current surface is synthetic turf...
located on the higher of the Deux Mamelles, a pair of prominent hills in Ouakam, a suburban commune of Dakar, 4 km southeast of Almadies and 9 km northwest...
campaign was aimed at "the forgotten people" of France. Yade was born in Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal. She comes from an educated, upper-middle-class, Lebou family...
original Lebou villages of the Cap-Vert Peninsula, along with Hann, Ngor, and Ouakam. Administration is devolved to the town, which is essentially run by the...
104 Base aérienne 104 Al Dhafra Abu Dhabi Dakar-Ouakam Air Base BA 160 Base aérienne 160 Dakar – Ouakam Senegal Djibouti Air Base BA 188 Base aérienne...
of Ismael and Sokhna Diop, Birago Diop was born on 11 December 1906 in Ouakam, a neighborhood in Dakar, Senegal. His mother raised him with his two older...
Nearby over 10 km west of the port is Les Mamelles Lighthouse (also the Ouakam Lighthouse) in which the port maintains together with its beacons. Led by...
first with 26 points and 8 wins, the goal totals of 18 was shared with Ouakam, the highest. In the final phase, Diambars was placed second behind Casa...
Retrieved on 21 November 2012. (in French) Mayer, Julie. "Breakfast in Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal" Archived 25 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 22 July...