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Transport in Senegal

Index Transport in Senegal

This article describes the system of transport in Senegal, both public and private. [1]

78 relations: Africa, Airline hub, Airport, Bignona, Blaise Diagne International Airport, Cairo–Dakar Highway, Cargo, Dakar, Delta Air Lines, Diamniadio, Diouloulou, Diourbel, Dirt road, Economic Community of West African States, Europe, Fatick, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Infrastructure, Johannesburg, Kaolack, Kédougou, Kidira, Kolda, Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, Linguère, List of freight ship companies, Louga, M'Bour, Mali, Matam, Senegal, Mauritania, N1 road (Senegal), N2 road (Senegal), N3 road (Senegal), N4 road (Senegal), N5 road (Senegal), N6 road (Senegal), N7 road (Senegal), Ndiass, New York City, Niokolo-Koba National Park, Nouakchott, Ouro Sogui, Phosphate, Podor, Port, Pout, Senegal, Public transport, Railhead, ..., Richard Toll, Road surface, Sahara, Sahel, Saint-Louis, Senegal, Saloum, Senegal, Senegal River, Shipping container, Sokone, South African Airways, South America, Tambacounda, Tanker (ship), Taxicab, Taximeter, The Gambia, Thiès, Touba, Trans-African Highway network, Trans-Gambia Highway, Trans-Sahelian Highway, Trans–West African Coastal Highway, United States Commercial Service, Vélingara, Washington, D.C., West Africa, Ziguinchor. Expand index (28 more) »

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Airline hub

Airline hubs or hub airports are used by one or more airlines to concentrate passenger traffic and flight operations at a given airport.

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Airport

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.

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Bignona

Bignona is a town with commune status located in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal (Casamance).

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Blaise Diagne International Airport

The Blaise Diagne International Airport (Aéroport international Blaise Diagne) is an international airport near the town of Diass, Senegal, 27 miles east of downtown Dakar.

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Cairo–Dakar Highway

The Cairo–Dakar Highway is Trans-African Highway 1 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union.

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Cargo

In economics, cargo or freight are goods or produce being conveyed – generally for commercial gain – by water, air or land.

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Dakar

Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal.

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Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines, Inc., commonly referred to as Delta, is a major United States airline, with its headquarters and largest hub at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Diamniadio

Diamnidiadio is a new city in Senegal intended to ease congestion at the current capital of Dakar.

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Diouloulou

Diouloulou is a small town and commune in the Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region of southwestern Senegal.

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Diourbel

Diourbel (Serer: Jurbel, Wolof: Njaaréem) is a town in Senegal lying east of Thiès.

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Dirt road

A dirt road or track is a type of unpaved road made from the native material of the land surface through which it passes, known to highway engineers as subgrade material.

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Economic Community of West African States

The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Fatick

Fatick is a town in Senegal, located between M'bour and Kaolack and inhabited by the Serer people.

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Guinea

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea (République de Guinée), is a country on the western coast of Africa.

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Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (República da Guiné-Bissau), is a sovereign state in West Africa.

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Infrastructure

Infrastructure is the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or other area, including the services and facilities necessary for its economy to function.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.

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Kaolack

Kaolack (Kawlax in Wolof) is a town of 172,305 people (2002 census) on the north bank of the Saloum River and the N1 road in Senegal.

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Kédougou

Kédougou is a town in the Kédougou Region of south-eastern Senegal near the border with Mali and Guinea.

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Kidira

Kidira is a town and commune in Tambacounda Region of eastern Senegal, lying near the Malian border.

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Kolda

Kolda is a city located in southern Senegal.

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Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport

Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor) is an international airport serving Dakar, the capital of Senegal.

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Linguère

Linguère (Lingeer) is a town located in the Linguère Department, Louga Region of Senegal.

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List of freight ship companies

See also,:Category:Shipping companies by country. This list of freight ship companies is arranged by country.

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Louga

Louga is a town in northwestern Senegal.

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M'Bour

M'Bour or Mbour is a city in the Thiès Region of Senegal.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali), is a landlocked country in West Africa, a region geologically identified with the West African Craton.

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Matam, Senegal

Matam is the capital town of the Matam Region in north-east Senegal, and lies on the Sénégal River.

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Mauritania

Mauritania (موريتانيا; Gànnaar; Soninke: Murutaane; Pulaar: Moritani; Mauritanie), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwestern Africa.

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N1 road (Senegal)

The N1 road is one of the national roads of Senegal.

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N2 road (Senegal)

The N2 road is one of the national roads of Senegal.

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N3 road (Senegal)

The N3 road is one of the national roads of Senegal.

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N4 road (Senegal)

The N4 road is the Trans-Gambia Highway extension in Senegal, which is the main connection between the Casamance area in the south and the capital Dakar.

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N5 road (Senegal)

The N5 road is one of the 7 national roads of Senegal.

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N6 road (Senegal)

The N6 road is one of the 7 national roads of Senegal.

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N7 road (Senegal)

The N7 road is one of the 7 national roads of Senegal.

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Ndiass

Ndiass (or Diass) is a village and rural community in the M'bour Department in the Thies Region of Senegal.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Niokolo-Koba National Park

The Niokolo-Koba National Park (Parc National du Niokolo Koba, PNNK) is a World Heritage Site and natural protected area in south eastern Senegal near the Guinea-Bissau border.

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Nouakchott

Nouakchott (نواكشوط, originally derived from Berber Nawākšūṭ, "place of the winds") page 273.

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Ouro Sogui

Ouro Sogui or Ourossogui lies in Matam Region in eastern Senegal on the N2 and N3 roads, just south west of Matam on the River Senegal.

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Phosphate

A phosphate is chemical derivative of phosphoric acid.

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Podor

Podor is the northernmost town in Senegal, lying on Morfil Island between the Sénégal River and Doué River.

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Port

A port is a maritime commercial facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo.

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Pout, Senegal

Pout is a town with commune status in Thiès Department in Thiès Region of Senegal.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, or mass transit) is transport of passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that charge a posted fee for each trip.

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Railhead

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Richard Toll

Richard Toll is a town in northern Senegal, lying on the south bank of the River Senegal, just east of Rosso.

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Road surface

A road surface or pavement is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot traffic, such as a road or walkway.

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Sahara

The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى,, 'the Great Desert') is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic.

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Sahel

The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south.

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Saint-Louis, Senegal

Saint-Louis, or Ndar as it is called in Wolof, is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region.

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Saloum

The Kingdom of Saloum (Serer language: Saluum or Saalum) was a Serer/Wolof kingdom in present-day Senegal. Its kings may have been of Mandinka/Kaabu origin. The capital of Saloum was the city of Kahone. It was a sister kingdom of Sine. Their history, geography and culture were intricately linked and it was common to refer to them as the Sine-Saloum.

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Senegal

Senegal (Sénégal), officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa.

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Senegal River

The Senegal River (نهر السنغال, Fleuve Sénégal) is a long river in West Africa that forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania.

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Shipping container

A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling.

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Sokone

Sokone is a town in the Fatick Region of central Senegal.

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South African Airways

South African Airways (SAA) is the flag carrier airline of South Africa.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Tambacounda

Tambacounda is the largest city in eastern Senegal, southeast of Dakar, and is the regional capital of the province of the same name.

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Tanker (ship)

A tanker (or tank ship or tankship) is a ship designed to transport or store liquids or gases in bulk.

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Taxicab

A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.

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Taximeter

A taximeter is a mechanical or electronic device installed in taxicabs and auto rickshaws that calculates passenger fares based on a combination of distance travelled and waiting time.

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The Gambia

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Thiès

Thiès is the third largest city in Senegal with a population officially estimated at 320,000 in 2005.

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Touba

Touba (Hassaniya: Ṭūbā "Felicity") is a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district.

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Trans-African Highway network

The Trans-African Highway network comprises transcontinental road projects in Africa being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union in conjunction with regional international communities.

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Trans-Gambia Highway

The Trans-Gambia Highway is the most important road in The Gambia, running across the centre of the nation in a north-south direction.

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Trans-Sahelian Highway

The Trans-Sahelian Highway or Trans-Sahel Highway is a transnational highway project to pave, improve and ease border formalities on a highway route through the southern fringes of the Sahel region in West Africa between Dakar, Senegal in the west and Ndjamena, Chad, in the east.

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Trans–West African Coastal Highway

The Trans–West African Coastal Highway is a transnational highway project to link 12 West African coastal nations, from Mauritania in the north-west of the region to Nigeria in the east, with feeder roads already existing to two landlocked countries, Mali and Burkina Faso.

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United States Commercial Service

The United States Commercial Service (CS) is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.

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Vélingara

Vélingara is a town located in the Kolda Region of Senegal.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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West Africa

West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.

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Ziguinchor

Ziguinchor (also called Zinguinchor) is the capital of the Ziguinchor Region, and the chief town of the Casamance area of Senegal, lying at the mouth of the Casamance River.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Senegal

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