Yoff
Sign in to saveYoff (; ) is a town (''commune d'arrondissement), part of the city (commune'') of Dakar, located in Senegal. It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport. The town is built along the broad beach at Yoff Bay. According to the 2014 census, the population of Yoff is 89,442 inhabitants. Yoff is one of the four original Lebou villages of the Cap-Vert Peninsula, along with Hann, Ngor, and Ouakam.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Yoff, Senegal 019.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The beach in Yoff
- Settlement.image_map
- Dakar yoff.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 300px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Yoff location
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Dakar Region
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 15
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 89442
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +0
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Yoff (; ) is a town (''commune d'arrondissement), part of the city (commune) of Dakar, located in Senegal. It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport. The town is built along the broad beach at Yoff Bay. According to the 2014 census, the population of Yoff is 89,442 inhabitants. Yoff is one of the four original Lebou villages of the Cap-Vert Peninsula, along with Hann, Ngor, and Ouakam.
==History== Originally Yoff was a small fishing village, being founded in 1432 as Mbohehe.