Hann, Senegal

[1] Hann sits just north of the Bel-Air peninsula, a rocky outcropping which juts east from the Dakar Plateau.

Gently sloping from the higher plateau of the city centre, Hann forms a long crescent sand beach, also known as Yarakh.

The area, once a fishing village still is a launching point for the pirogues of local fishermen,[2] is today dominated by large industrial development.

By the beginning of the 21st century, 71 factories discharging industrial effluent along the Hann shore had given the area the nickname "Trash Bay."

The plan was to clean the area and create an industrial canal to divert effluent to a new waste treatment plant.