Senegal map quiz
Explore cities and landmarks of Senegal!
Quizzes in this pack
Senegal: cities, landmarks.
| Cities | 8 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- The capital on the Cap-Vert peninsula, Africa's westernmost major city
- Answer: Dakar
- UNESCO-listed island city at the Senegal river mouth, former colonial capital
- Answer: Saint-Louis
- Third-largest city and rail hub, famous for its tapestry workshops
- Answer: Thiès
- Holy city of the Mouride brotherhood, dominated by a vast mosque
- Answer: Touba
- Trading city on the Saloum river, center of the peanut basin
- Answer: Kaolack
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Dakar
Cap-Vert peninsula, Senegal
Dakar, the capital of Senegal, lies on a peninsula that sticks out into the Atlantic, the westernmost point of mainland Africa. The African Renaissance Monument, built in 2010, is taller than the Statue of Liberty. Off the coast lies the island of Gorée, a reminder of the slave trade.
- Did you know?
- Dakar was the finish of the Paris–Dakar Rally for many years
Thiès
Western Senegal
Thiès, east of Dakar, grew up as a railway junction on the line to Saint-Louis and Mali, and its station and workshops still stand. A famous strike by railway workers in 1947–48 began here, and the town is known for its tapestry factory.
- Known for
- The railway, tapestries, the 1947 strike
Ziguinchor
Casamance, on the Casamance River
Ziguinchor is the main town of Casamance, the green, rainy south of Senegal, on the wide Casamance River. It was founded by the Portuguese in 1645 and still has old colonial houses, and ferries link its river port to Dakar.
- Founded
- 1645
- Known for
- The river port, the Casamance, mangroves
Mbour
Petite Côte
Mbour is a big fishing town on Senegal's Petite Côte, south of Dakar. Every afternoon hundreds of painted wooden pirogues land their catch on the beach, and the resort of Saly lies just to the north.
- Known for
- Pirogues, the fish market, Saly nearby
Lake Retba
North-east of Dakar
Lake Retba, near Dakar, is pink: a tiny alga that thrives in its very salty water gives it the colour, strongest in the dry season. Hundreds of workers wade into the lake to scrape salt from the bottom, rubbing shea butter on their skin to protect it.
- Size
- About 3 km²
- Did you know?
- The Dakar Rally used to finish by the lake
Niokolo-Koba National Park
South-east Senegal
Niokolo-Koba National Park follows the Gambia River in south-eastern Senegal, with savanna, forest and wetlands. It is home to Derby elands, the largest antelopes in the world, and to some of the last lions and chimpanzees in West Africa.
- Area
- About 9,100 km²
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
