Dakar Region

Dakar Region

*Région de Dakar* (French)
*Diiwaanu Ndakaaru* (Wolof)
Dakar Region Région de Dakar (French); Diiwaanu Ndakaaru (Wolof)
Region
	Seal
	Coordinates: 14°45′N 17°20′W / 14.750°N 17.333°W
Country	Senegal
Capital	Dakar
Departments	List Dakar Department; Pikine Department; Guédiawaye Department; Rufisque Department;
Government
• Regional president	Abdoulaye Faye (PDS; since 2002)
Area
• Total	547 km2 (211 sq mi)
Population (2023 Census)
• Total	3,896,564
• Rank	1st
• Density	7,100/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
• Rank	1st
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166-2	SN-DK
Arrondissements	10
Communes	7, plus 2 communautés rurales
Communes d'arrondissement	43
HDI (2021)	0.607; medium · 1st

Dakar Region (French: Région de Dakar) is the smallest and most populated Region of Senegal, encompassing the capital city of the country, Dakar, and all its suburbs along the Cap–Vert Peninsula, Africa's most westerly point.

^ ^a ^b ^c As of December 2005
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[Dec2005-1] As of December 2005

[GlobalDataLab-2] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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