Ouakam

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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]