Dakar in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

🏁

The Paris to Dakar rally finished here until 2008, when the route moved to South America over security.

🤼

Laamb is the national sport. Wrestlers are bigger draws than footballers and the bouts open with long charm rituals.

🥁

The sabar is played with one hand and one stick, and it doubles as a way of sending messages between neighbourhoods.

🦁

The national football side are the Lions of Teranga. Teranga is the Wolof word for hospitality.

🌊

Gorée Island sits in the bay, with a slave house that has become the country's main memorial site.

Dakar at a glance

Country

Senegal

Coordinates

14.72° N, 17.47° W

First played

27 March 2026

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Dakar.