Rufisque

Rufisque is a coastal city in Senegal. Rufisque, in the peninsula of Cape Verde.

The fourth city by population of the country is in the Region of Dakar, in the West of Senegal, in the base of the peninsula of Cape Verde. It has about 179,197 inhabitants according to the 2002 census and in the past was an important port, although today it is a suburb of Dakar.

It is also the capital of the department of Rufisque. Decline of the port

At the beginning of the 20th century, the growth of neighboring Dakar, with its port improvements meant the end of the port of Rufisque. Today it is not an active port and this has brought with it a decline in industrial activity. Of the four historic communes of the country, today it is the most impoverished, not having replaced the sector for tourism or investing in public infrastructure.

Nowadays, Rufisque has a cement company.

Coordinates: 14 ° 43'N 17 ° 16'O / 14,717, -17,267

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