Pikine, Dakar Region, Senegal
🇸🇳 Pikine is a city in the Pikine Department of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying to the east of Dakar city centre, a the department includes the villages of Yeumbeul, Thiaroye, Mbao, and Keur Massar Malika. Until the mid-2000s, it also included Guédiawaye, which now forms a separate Department. The city was founded in 1952 by the colonial government for former residents of Dakar who were relocated for new developments. This original city is now known as "Old Pikine", while an informal community has grown up around it. The Grande Niaye de Pikine, a green area known for market gardening, lies to the north west of Pikine. The Mbeubeusse Landfill, the Dakar region's sole waste facility, is situated in Pikine.
Africa/Dakar/Dakar
Pikine has a population of over 1,170,791 people. Pikine also forms one of the centres of the wider Dakar Region which has a population of over 3,938,358 people. Pikine is situated north-east of the centre of Dakar.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Pikine has links with:
🇬🇲 Kanifing, The Gambia🇭🇳 Santa Rosa de Copán 14.767
🇸🇳 Guédiawaye 14.776
🇸🇳 Grand Yoff 14.733
🇲🇶 La Trinité 14.73
🇵🇭 Meycauayan 14.726
🇬🇹 San Juan Sacatepéquez 14.72
🇸🇳 Guédiawaye -17.394
🇲🇷 Nouadhibou -17.04
🇸🇳 Grand Yoff -17.433
🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada -25.673
🇵🇹 Terceira Island -27.2
🇵🇹 Angra do Heroísmo -27.217
Locations Near: Pikine -17.4,14.75
🇸🇳 Guédiawaye -17.394,14.776 d: 3
🇸🇳 Grand Yoff -17.433,14.733 d: 4
🇸🇳 Dakar -17.441,14.674 d: 9.5
🇸🇳 Rufisque -17.267,14.717 d: 14.8
🇸🇳 Thiès -16.917,14.783 d: 52.1
🇸🇳 M'bour -16.967,14.417 d: 59.6
🇸🇳 Tivaouane -16.817,14.95 d: 66.5
🇸🇳 Diourbel -16.233,14.65 d: 126
Antipodal to: Pikine 162.6,-14.75
🇻🇺 Luganville 167.18,-15.514 d: 19516.2
🇸🇧 Honiara 159.95,-9.433 d: 19357.5
🇻🇺 Port Vila 168.315,-17.737 d: 19320.5
🇳🇨 Koné 164.852,-21.059 d: 19274.2
🇳🇨 Nouméa 166.45,-22.267 d: 19086
🇵🇬 Buka 154.667,-5.417 d: 18662.5
🇦🇺 Hervey Bay 152.855,-25.29 d: 18464
🇦🇺 Fraser Coast 152.831,-25.291 d: 18462.3