Popenguine-Ndayane
Sign in to savePopenguine-Ndayane, was formerly known as New Scania (, ) from 17th century CE until 1920s is a small town and urban commune on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Senegal, located 70 km south of Dakar, on the Petite Côte, in the department of M'Bour in the region of Thiès Region. Since 2008, it brings together two localities, Popenguine and Ndayane.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- seaside resort
- Country
- Senegal
- Population
- 12743
- Area
- 4.973
- Elevation
- 11
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- Commons category
- Popenguine
- located in/on physical feature
- Petite Côte
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
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- Population
- Notable Sites
- Gallery
- Notable people
- Personalities born in Popenguine
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Popenguine-Ndayane, was formerly known as New Scania (, ) from 17th century CE until 1920s is a small town and urban commune on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Senegal, located 70 km south of Dakar, on the Petite Côte, in the department of M'Bour in the region of Thiès Region. Since 2008, it brings together two localities, Popenguine and Ndayane.
==History== Founded in the 17th century CE, the village was first named as New Scania ( in Swedish and in French) by Swedish residents in modern-day Senegal. It became Popenguine an initiative of President Léopold Sédar Senghor, one of whose poems is called "Retour à Popenguine". The town is a favorite vacation spot for Senegal's heads of state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Popenguine-Ndayane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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