Guinaw Rail Nord est l'une des 16 communes d'arrondissement de la ville de Pikine (Sénégal). Située à l'entrée de la presqu'île du Cap-Vert, à l'est de Dakar, elle fait partie de l'arrondissement de Dagoudane.
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The Thiaroye massacre was a massacre of black African soldiers serving in French West Africa, committed by the French Army on the morning of 1 December 1944 near Dakar, French Senegal. Those killed were members of the Tirailleurs Sénégalais, and were veterans of the 1940 Battle of France who had been recently liberated from prison camps in Europe. After being repatriated to West Africa, they protested against poor conditions and unpaid wages at the Thiaroye military camp. Between 35 and 300 people were killed.
The official French version claimed the killings occurred in response to a massive armed mutiny. However, declassified military documents suggest the massacre was considered in advance, and most or all of the victims were unarmed.
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Stade Alassane Djigo is a multi-use stadium in Pikine, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of AS Pikine. The stadium holds 10,000 spectators.
Sometimes AS Douanes play its matches at the stadium.
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Pikine department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal and one of the four which make up Dakar region. Its capital is Pikine.
The department is divided into 2 arrondissements, each subdivided into communes de arrondissement:
Dagoudane Arrondissement:
Dalifort
Djidah Thiaroye Kaw
Guinaw Rail Nord
Guinaw Rail Sud
Pikine Est
Pikine Nord
Pikine Ouest
Thiaroye Arrondissement
Diamaguène Sicap Mbao
Thiaroye-Gare
Thiaroye-sur-Mer
Thiaroye-Diaksao
Thiaroye-Mbao
Population
In the census of 2023 the population of the department was recorded at 758,554.
Historic sites
Military Cemetery at Thiaroye
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Pikine is a city and the capital of the Pikine department, in the Dakar region in Senegal. The largest suburb of Senegalese capital Dakar, as of the 2013 Census, it had a population of 1,170,791. It is the second-largest city in Senegal, behind Dakar.
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Cap-Vert is a volcanic field in Senegal with a surface of 100 square kilometres. The field covers the Cape Verde peninsula close to Dakar and was active until 600,000 years ago. It consists of a number of outcrops and two 100 metres high hills. The position of the dykes and lava flows has been influenced by local fault systems.
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Elle a été créée en 1996. Elle doit son nom: Guinaw Rail, à l'expression de la langue wolof signifiant, derrière les rails.
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