Lying on the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast of Dakar city centre, in 2013 it had a population of 329,659.

For administrative purposes the town is also a single arrondissement divided into 5 communes d'arrondissement which are (2013 population in brackets): The town was founded in the 1950s as a planned commuter town for the city of Dakar.

A further, informal, community grew up adjacent to it from the 1960s.

Notable people from the town include the football goalkeeper Tony Sylva.

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