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Dakar

CTL-PL-0052 · Place

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Combined Graph record U-01377 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0052. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

The Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations country-facts page (tier 1, UN) states 'Dakar (550 sq km), its capital, is a peninsula located at the extreme West' of Senegal — establishing Dakar as a city and the capital of Senegal, in Senegal (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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The Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations country-facts page (tier 1, UN) states 'Dakar (550 sq km), its capital, is a peninsula located at the extreme West' of Senegal — establishing Dakar as a city and the capital of Senegal, in Senegal (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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The Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations country-facts page (tier 1, UN) states 'Dakar (550 sq km), its capital, is a peninsula located at the extreme West' of Senegal — establishing Dakar as a city and the capital of Senegal, in Senegal (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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