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Discover Tieo in Senegal

Tieo in the region of Thiès is a town located in Senegal - some 32 mi or ( 52 km ) East of Dakar , the country's capital .

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Local time in Tieo is now 10:29 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Dakar " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Ziguinchor, Touli, Tieo, Thiki, and Thies Nones. When in this area, you might want to check out Ziguinchor . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Tieo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Baobab Fruit Company Senegal - Harvesting and Producing

7:39 min by baobabfruitcosn
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Baobab Fruit Company Senegal. The harvesting trip inside Villages near Tambacounda (Senegal), and the working of Baobab Fruit pods ..

Raccolta Baobab in Senegal

3:05 min by Mauro Recchia
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La polpa di Baobab: www.saluteinerba.com Ecco come si raccoglie eticamente il frutto di Baobab, la cui polpa ei semi viaggiano per l'Italia e si usano come super integratore per la salute, come olio p ..


Buggy Sénégal Safari

5:02 min by ngaparouaventures
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Découvrir le Sénégal hors des sentiers battus en Buggy. ..

Koulang-Koulang Excursion Réserve de Bandia - Sénégal

1:10 min by Benoit Clary
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Réserve animalière de Bandia Sénégal. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Kirène

Kirène is a small town in western Senegal about 70 km from the capital, Dakar.

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Located at 14.67 -17.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Populated places in Senegal

Circuit de Dakar Baobabs

The Circuit de Dakar Baobabs is a racing circuit located near the village of Sindia in Senegal. It is the first permanent racing circuit of West Africa and homologated by the FIA in 2009. The track is used mainly for local races and championships, including the Dakar 6 hours race, organised for the 30th time in 2010.

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Located at 14.59 -17.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Motorsport venues in Senegal

Blaise Diagne International Airport

The Blaise Diagne International Airport is an international airport under construction near the town of Ndiass, Senegal. It will serve as a new airport for Dakar, as the old Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is becoming too small for future operations. The airport was originally expected to be operational at the end of the year 2011, but this date was pushed back by almost a year in September of that year.

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Located at 14.67 -17.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Airports in Senegal, Proposed airports

Thiès

See also Thiess/Thies (name). Thiès is the third largest city in Senegal with a population officially estimated at 320,000 in 2005. It lies 60 km east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis. It is the capital of Thiès Region and is a major industrial city.

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Located at 14.78 -16.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: French West Africa, Populated places established in 1864, Populated places in Senegal, Regional capitals in Senegal, Thiès Region

Álvaro Fernandes

Álvaro Fernandes (sometimes given erroneously as António Fernandes), was a 15th Century Portuguese slave-trader and explorer from Madeira, in the service of Henry the Navigator. He captained two important expeditions (in 1445 and 1446), which expanded the limit of the Portuguese discovery of the West African coast, probably as far as the northern borderlands of modern Guinea-Bissau.

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Located at 14.54 -17.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: 15th century in Africa, 15th-century Portuguese people, 15th-century explorers, Explorers of Africa, Maritime history of Portugal, People from Madeira, Portuguese explorers

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