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Rufisque
روفيسك
City
Industrial Rufisque, 2006
Industrial Rufisque, 2006
Rufisque is located in Senegal
Rufisque
Rufisque
Coordinates: 14°43′N 17°16′W / 14.717°N 17.267°W / 14.717; -17.267
CountryRufisque Senegal
RegionDakar Region
Area
 • Total372 km2 (144 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total490,694
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Rufisque (Arabic: روفيسك; Wolof: Tëngeéj) is a city in the Dakar region of western Senegal, at the base of the Cap-Vert Peninsula. It has a population of 179,797 (2002 census).[citation needed] In the past it was an important port city in its own right, but is now a suburb of Dakar.

Rufisque is also the capital of the department of the same name and lies 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Dakar, the capital of Senegal.

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Rufisque

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Rufisque (Arabic: روفيسك; Wolof: Tëngeéj) is a city in the Dakar region of western Senegal, at the base of the Cap-Vert Peninsula. It has a population...

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Dakar Region

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arrondissement/commune of Rufisque is divided into 3 communes d'arrondissement: Rufisque Centre (Nord) Rufisque Est Rufisque Ouest Bambylor arrondissement...

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Rufisque Department

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arrondissements. Rufisque Arrondissement is subdivided into three communes de arrondissement: Rufisque Est, Rufisque Nord and Rufisque Ouest. Bambylor...

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Rufisque tramway

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The Rufisque tramway (French Le Decauville Municipal de Rufisque) was a 14 km (8.7 mi) long, hand-operated light railway with track gauges of 400 mm (15+3⁄4 in)...

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Rufisque Arrondissement

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Rufisque Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Rufisque Department in the Dakar Region of Senegal. The principal town is Rufisque. v t e...

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ASC Yakaar

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Association Sportive et Culturelle Yakaar is a Senegalese football club based in Rufisque. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium...

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Marie Khone Faye

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Mission. She holds a baccalaureat from the Abdoulaye Sadji High School in Rufisque, a degree from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar and a master's degree...

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Dakar

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move to the mainland and a "factory" with warehouses was established in Rufisque in 1840.[citation needed] Large public expenditure for infrastructure was...

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Mousteroid

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neither akin to, nor at a temporal parallel. Other sites about Dakar and Rufisque, were part of a culture that had not occurred for sufficient duration for...

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Senegal

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Pikine Dakar 317,763 4 Kaolack Kaolack 233,708 5 M'bour Thiès 232,777 6 Rufisque Dakar 221,066 7 Ziguinchor Ziguinchor 205,294 8 Diourbel Diourbel 133,705...

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French colonial empire

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well as in the Four Communes of Senegal (Saint-Louis, Dakar, Gorée, and Rufisque) and in the colonies of the South Pacific. Unlike elsewhere in Europe,...

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History of Senegal

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installed in Tanguegueth in Cayor, a town they renamed Fresco Rio (the future Rufisque) because of the freshness of its sources in the Baol Sali (later the seaside...

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Battle of Dakar

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afternoon, an attempt was made to set Free French troops ashore on a beach at Rufisque, to the south-east of Dakar. However, Vichy reconnaissance aircraft spotted...

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Teungueth FC

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Teungueth FC is a professional Senegalese football club based in Rufisque. Teungueth is currently playing in the Senegalese Premier League and is ranked...

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Roger Roche

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with two other persons, founded a cell of the French Communist Party in Rufisque. This was the first communist organisation in Senegal. Later Roche left...

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Valenciennes FC

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MF  FRA Tidyane Diagouraga 55 DF  SEN Ibrahima Ba (on loan from AJEL de Rufisque) 57 DF  FRA Gabin Blanquart 59 MF  FRA Manga Foe Ondoa 63 MF  FRA Ismail...

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Nantes

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Morocco Dschang, Cameroon Grand'Anse, Haiti Kindia, Guinea Recife, Brazil Rufisque, Senegal Nantes had 320,732 inhabitants in 2020, the largest population...

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Cheikh Anta Diop

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Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar Cheikh Anta Diop, The Pharaoh of Knowledge Listen to interviews with Cheikh Anta Diop (in French) at Rufisque News...

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Caty Louette

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the French East India Company, and his African signare-mistress Caty de Rufisque of Gorée. Her mother was perhaps the first Gorée-signare who is documented...

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Papa Bouba Diop

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Nations tournaments, finishing as runners-up in 2002. Diop was born in Rufisque, Dakar. He began his football career with junior team Ndeffann Saltigue...

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Arrondissements of Senegal

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Arrondissement Thille Boubacar Arrondissement Vélingara Arrondissement Rufisque Arrondissement - includes 3 communes d'arrondissement Sebikotane Arrondissement...

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Toubab Dialaw

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Popenguine. It is part of the rural community of Yenne, the department of Rufisque and the region of Dakar. The nearest towns are Gorée, Yene Tode, Lela,...

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Four Communes

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French citizenship to the inhabitants of Saint-Louis, Dakar, Gorée, and Rufisque. While those who were born in these towns could technically enjoy all the...

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Indirect rule

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'Senegal: Colonial Period: Four Communes: Dakar, Saint-Louis, Gorée, and Rufisque', in Kevin Shillington (editor), Encyclopedia of African History (New York...

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