Pikine

Pikine
Pikine
Coordinates: 14°45′0″N 17°24′0″W / 14.75000°N 17.40000°W / 14.75000; -17.40000
Country Senegal
RegionDakar Region
DepartmentPikine
Area
 • Total
87 km2 (34 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
1,170,791
 • Density13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi)
DemonymPikinois
Time zoneUTC+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.