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DAKAR 



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FiGUEE 4. — Areal differentiation in land use at Dakar. Key: 1, unbuilt; 2, 

 administration ; 3, defense ; 4, public services ; 5, communications ; 6, manufac- 

 turing; 7, African business; 8, Syrian business; 9, European business; 10, 

 African residence; 11, European residence. Based in part on the Plan de la 

 ville de Dakar, 1 : 10,000, Service GSographique de I'A. O. F., Paris, 1936. 



base for active expansion of the French empire in West Africa. The 

 several coastal colonies were cemented along their inland borders by 

 newly conquered territory. Plans were made to amalgamate old 

 holdings and new as I'Afrique Occidentale Frangaise (AOF). Sene- 

 gal was the easiest nexus between the outside world and much of the 

 territory acquired at that time. Saint-Louis, traditional capital of 



