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![[Dakar flag]](../images/s/sn-dakar.gif)
image by Jens Pattke, 15 April 2017The flag of Dakar is plain white, with the coat of arms centered .
Horizontally, below the coat of arms is the black inscription "VILLE DE DAKAR"
in a serif font.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/VilledeDakar.sn/photos/a.10153639262402192.1073741859.155207722191/10153639266907192/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/VilledeDakar.sn/photos/a.10153639262402192.1073741859.155207722191/10153639266132192/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/VilledeDakar.sn/photos/a.10153639262402192.1073741859.155207722191/10153639265852192/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/VilledeDakar.sn/photos/a.10152888894067192.1073741857.155207722191/10152888896907192/?type=3&theater
Coat of Arms of Dakar:
Le blason de la ville de
Dakar (redffusion) : il existait dès 1925 une sorte d’avant projet sur les plans
de la Chambre de Commerce (dont la 1ère pierre fut posée en 1926), qui figure
encore au fronton de l’édifice. Ce modèle a été repris pour les insignes des
agents de police municipaux. Un concours fut lancé en 1955 pour créer un nouveau
blason et celui qui fut finalement adopté était un compromis de plusieurs
projets. On y distingue un phare, des pirogues à voiles carrées, l’écu est
soutenu par des branches de tamarinier (que l’on prononce « dakhar » en wolof)
et les deux chevrons symbolisent les Mamelles.
Souce:
https://www.facebook.com/VilledeDakar.sn/posts/10154150072602192
Jens Pattke, 15 April 2017
A kind of pre-proposal of arms was featured on the plans of the Chamber of
Commerce, whose cornerstone was set up in 1926, still visible on the pediment of
the building. The design was used as a model for the insignia of the member of
the Municipal Police. A contest was organized in 1955 to design a new coat of
arms; the design eventually adopted was a compromise between different
proposals. It features a lighthouse, square-sailed canoes. The shield is
supported by branches of tamarind, a tree known in Wolof as "dhakar". The two
chevrons symbolize the Mamelles (lit. the Teats), two volcanic hills of 95 m and
100 m, respectively. The westernmost - and highest - hill is surmounted by the
Mamelles lighthouse, erected in 1863.
Ivan Sache, 15 April 2017
![[Conseil Régional de Dakar flag]](../images/s/sn-crdkr.gif)
image located by Vanja Poposki, 21 August 2012Seen at http://www.dakaractu.com/Conseil-regional-de-Dakar-Regardez-les-images-de-la-passation-de-service-entre-Malick-Gakou-et-Ousmane-Badiane_a20109.html. The flag is visible on couple of photos.
It shows the Conseil Regional logo on a white field
Vanja Poposki, 21 August 2012