The Grande Côte is a stretch of coastline in Senegal , running north from the Cap-Vert peninsula of Dakar to the border with Mauritania at St-Louis .
4-698: A sandy beach runs along the entire coast, which, unlike the Petite Côte , has few settlements – Kayar and Mboro being exceptions. The last stage of the Dakar Rally used to run along the beach. The coastline is also relatively rich in heavy minerals , with significant amounts of zircon having been discovered in the 2000s. In 2012, a railway branch line was proposed to haul mineral sands. In 2014, Grande Côte Operations began operating trains from its mineral sands extraction project. The newly operated branch line consisted of 22km of new alignment to Mékhé, and
8-587: The Saloum Delta , near the border with the Gambia . The northern section near Dakar contains seaside resorts such as Saly Portudal , Rufisque , Nianing and Popenguine-Ndayane . The entire coast is part of the city of M'Bour , with fishing villages, such as Toubab Dialaw , Joal-Fadiout , Palmarin and Djiffer . During the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, Portuguese emigrants known as lançados formed communities along Petite Côte in
12-891: The region of Senegambia . Some were Jews fleeing the Portuguese Inquisition , who married African women and formed local families. During the early sixteenth century these Luso-Africans had established trading centers in Petite Côte and elsewhere along coastal West Africa. Luso-Africans descended from continental Africans, Portuguese settlers, and Cape Verdeans , developing a culture that mixed both African and European cultures. Lançado communities in Senegambia maintained close economic ties with Portugal and Cape Verde. Offspring of Lançado men and African women were known as filhos de terra and were generally considered to be "Portuguese". This Senegal location article
16-529: The rehabilitation of the existing line from there to Dakar, a distance of around 100km. This Senegal location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Petite C%C3%B4te 15°00′00″N 17°00′00″W / 15.000°N 17.000°W / 15.000; -17.000 The Petite Côte is a stretch of coast in Senegal , running south from the Cap-Vert peninsula to
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