Dakar Region

Dakar Region
Région de Dakar (French)
Diiwaanu Ndakaaru (Wolof)
Official seal of Dakar Region
Dakar Region highlighted in red inside Senegal
Dakar Region highlighted in red inside Senegal
Coordinates: 14°45′N 17°20′W / 14.750°N 17.333°W / 14.750; -17.333
CountrySenegal
CapitalDakar
Departments
Government
 • Regional presidentAbdoulaye Faye (PDS; since 2002)
Area
 • Total547 km2 (211 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 Census)
 • Total4,004,427
 • Rank1st
 • Density7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
  • Rank1st
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
ISO 3166-2
SN-DK
Arrondissements10[1]
Communes7,[1] plus 2 communautés rurales
Communes d'arrondissement43[1]
HDI (2021)0.607[2]
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.

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