Pikine
Pikine | |
|---|---|
Pikine | |
| Coordinates: 14°45′0″N 17°24′0″W / 14.75000°N 17.40000°W | |
| Country | Senegal |
| Region | Dakar Region |
| Department | Pikine |
| Area | |
• Total | 87 km2 (34 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 1,170,791 |
| • Density | 13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Pikinois |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Pikine is a city and the capital of the Pikine department, in the Dakar region in Senegal. The largest suburb of Senegalese capital Dakar, as of the 2013 Census, it had a population of 1,170,791. It is the second-largest city in Senegal, behind Dakar.