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Table 2. — Population growth of Dakar ^ 



1924 " 40, 000 



1931 * 53, 9S2 



1936 ° 92, 634 



1878 1, 556 



1891 8, 737 



1904 18, 477 



1914 '23, 833 



1 Data from various sources. Censuses are taken on July 1, when tbe population is 

 reduced from the dry-season figure : many Europeans have returned home to escape the 

 rains ; many Africans are at work in the fields of their native villages during the rainy 

 season. 



* 2,772, white civilians ; 1,242. white army and navy people. 

 « 3,000, outlanders (estimate). 



* 4,089, French ; 1,570, other outlanders, mostly Syrians, Lebanese, and Moroccans. 

 Figures for Gor^e included. 



5 Dakar and dependencies, including nearby villages. 



The outer garment of the men is a voluminous robe with low neck 

 and short sleeves, in white, blue, or yellow, or, occasionally, brown, 

 black, or mixed colors. For manual labor this is doffed, exposing a 

 knee-length, sleeveless union suit. The headdress may be a red or 

 black fez, a knit toque, a cone of straw, or a tropical helmet in imi- 

 tation of the Europeans. An amulet is always hung around the 

 neck, and armlets are common ornaments. The women wear a long, 

 full-skirted dress. All who can afford it have gold earrings, and 

 many braid gold coins into their tiny pigtails. The whole elaborate 

 coiffure is capped with a bright turban. 



AREAL DIFFERENTIATION OF FUNCTIONS 



Areal segregation of races is common in "West Africa. Separa- 

 tion of functions is rare and nowhere, except in Dakar, more than 

 incipient. 



Because the city came into existence to serve French colonial 

 interests, much land was taken at the outset for administration, 

 defense, and other public services. For these services are reserved 

 nearly the whole harbor front, the remainder of the coast line with 

 two exceptions, the surroundings of the plaza, a central area in 

 Medina, and more than a dozen scattered sites. Defense occupies 

 Points Dakar and Bel Air, most of Cape Manuel, an area of high 

 gi'ound overlooking the open ocean, and range for target practice 

 along the shore northwest of Medina. Hospitals overlook much 

 of Bernard Cove. The government of the AOF clusters principally 

 about the governor's mansion. Local government buildings are 

 at the plaza (pi. 3, lower) or on the original water-front terrace 

 (pi. 3, upper right), except the residency in the center of Medina. 



Public services less official than defense and administration are 

 more scattered. Lower schools are dotted about; the high school 

 (hjcee) is on the west side of town. Where the new residential 

 quarter for Europeans is pushing into the nondescript African 

 purlieus, a huge cathedral has been completed recently in a style 



