Dakar - Wikipedia
Dakar (/ dɑːˈkɑːr, dæ -/ UK also: / ˈdækɑːr /; [4] French: [dakaʁ]; Wolof: Ndakaaru) [5] is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023.
Dakar | Senegal, Map, History, & Facts | Britannica
5 days ago · Dakar, city, capital of Senegal, and one of the chief seaports on the western African coast. It is located midway between the mouths of the Gambia and Sénégal rivers on the southeastern side of the Cape Verde Peninsula, close to Africa’s most westerly point.
Official website of the Dakar Rally
1 day ago · Ales Loprais has won his third special on the 47th edition of the Dakar. The Czech finished with the best time, 1’29’’ ahead of Mitchel Van Den Brink. He has closed into less than 4’ of his Dutch rival who is second in the General rankings.
Al Rajhi takes over Dakar Rally lead after miserable stage for …
1 day ago · HARADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Local driver Yazeed Al Rajhi took advantage of a miserable stage by South Africa’s Henk Lategan to grab the Dakar Rally lead in the Saudi Arabia desert on Tuesday. Lategan led the Dakar for the past week, but errors and bad luck on the 357-kilometer ninth stage from Riyadh south-east to Haradh turned his overall ...
Dakar Rally comes down to a duel in the sand between Henk …
4 hours ago · SHUBAYTAH, Saudi Arabia — Henk Lategan and Yazeed Al-Rajhi will duel in the Saudi sand for their first Dakar Rally title after swapping the lead for a second straight day. South Africa’s Lategan leads his Saudi rival by 2 1/2 minutes going into the 11th and penultimate stage in the Empty Quarter dunes.
Rallying-South Africa's Lategan retakes Dakar lead from Al-Rajhi
7 hours ago · SHUBAYTAH, Saudi Arabia - Toyota's South African Henk Lategan regained the overall lead in the Dakar Rally on Wednesday with a two minutes and 27 seconds advantage over Saudi Arabia's Yazeed Al ...
Dakar Rally comes down to a duel in the sand between Lategan …
5 hours ago · Henk Lategan and Yazeed Al-Rajhi will duel in the Saudi sand for their first Dakar Rally title after swapping the lead for a second straight day Wednesday. The South African Lategan leads his ...
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings take …
5 days ago · Lategan’s performance is all the more impressive, bearing in mind he missed part of last season, including the 2024 Dakar, with a shoulder injury. The South African said: “We had to open the fifth stage for the second half when he overtook Yazeed (Al-Rajhi). It was a high pace and it was easy to make mistakes and lose time.
Dakar - New World Encyclopedia
Dakar, the largest city of Senegal, is located on the Cape Verde Peninsula, Africa's westernmost point. It is Senegal's political, cultural, and economic capital, and one of Tropical Africa’s leading industrial, financial, and service centers.
Dakar summary | Britannica
One of the chief seaports on the western African coast, it lies midway between the mouths of the Gambia and Sénégal rivers. It was founded by the French in 1857, and its development was spurred by the opening in 1886 of western Africa’s first railway, from Saint-Louis to Dakar.