Interesting Trivia about Sengal, Dakar, and Gorée Island (by Thom)

Senegal is on the Atlantic Ocean, bordering The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Mauritania. The Gambia is bordered on three sides by Senegal, with its only unique border to the Atlantic Ocean. Senegal is about the size of South Dakota.
Senegal’s highest elevation is only about ¼ mile above sea level.
Just over 11 million people live in Senegal.

Dakar is Senegal’s capital city.
About 2 million people live in Dakar.
The western-most point of Africa is in Dakar.

Gorée Island is a small island just off the coast of Dakar.
It was a major slave-trading center and now is a popular place for dignitaries to come. George Bush, Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, and Pope John Paul II all visited Gorée Island.