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'''Rufisque''' (((lang-ar|روفيسك)); [[Wolof language|Wolof]]: Tëngeéj) is a city in the [[Dakar]] region of western [[Senegal]], at the base of the [[Cap-Vert]] [[Peninsula]]. It has a population of 179,797 (2002 census).((Citation needed|date=November 2008)) In the past it was an important port city in its own right, but is now a [[suburb]] of Dakar.

Rufisque is also the capital of the [[departments of Senegal|department]] of the [[Rufisque Department|same name]] and lies ((convert|25|km)) east of [[Dakar]], the capital of [[Senegal]].

== History ==

[[File:Rufisque1.JPG|thumb|left|260px|Rufisque train station, 1910.]]

Originally a [[Lebou]] fishing village called Tenguedj (((lang-wo|'''Tëngéej'''))), Rufisque became important in the 16th century as the principal port of the kingdom of [[Cayor]], being frequented by Portuguese (who named it ''Rio Fresco'', in which the name of the city originated from, meaning in English:"Freshwater River"), Dutch, French and English traders. A Euro-African [[Creole peoples|Creole]], or [[Métis]], community of merchants grew up there, in close contact with similar communities in [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint Louis]], [[Gorée]] and other places along the Petite Côte (Portudal, [[Joal]]) south to the [[Gambia River]].
[[File:Rufisque arrondissement.png|thumb|left|260px|Rufisque, on the Cap-Vert Peninsula, Senegal]]
In 1840 a couple of Saint Louis merchants built warehouses on the waterfront to stock [[peanut]]s. Gorée merchants followed suit. There followed a period of commercial expansion as peanut production in Cayor boomed. In 1859 a fort was built by the French and Rufisque was annexed to the [[French West Africa|Colony of Senegal]]. The "Escale" commercial and administrative neighborhood along the waterfront was laid out in 1862—the African inhabitants being pushed out in the process. Rufisque became a "commune" in 1880 and its port was connected to the Dakar-Saint Louis railroad in 1885. In 1909 [[Galandou Diouf]] (died 1941) was elected to represent Rufisque in the General Council of the colony in Saint Louis, being the first African elected to that position.

== Decline of port ==
Early in the 20th century the growth of neighboring Dakar, with its superior port facilities, signaled the decline of Rufisque. No longer an active port, Rufisque has experienced steep decline of industrial activities and is certainly the most neglected of Senegal's four historic "communes", with no tourism sector and a chronic lack of investment in public infrastructure.

== Industry ==

[[File:Rufisque-Les arachides en gare (AOF).jpg|thumb|Rufisque - groundnuts stored at the train station]]

Rufisque has a [[Cement in Africa|cement works]].<ref name="google">((cite book|title=Africa South of the Sahara 2004|author=Europa Publications|date=2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781857431834|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jj4J-AXGDaQC|page=937|access-date=2014-12-10))</ref>

==Administration==
[[File:Rufisque-Plage (AOF).jpg|thumb|Beach in Rufisque]]

[[Ndiawar Touré]] took office as Mayor of Rufisque on 8 June 2002. Previously, [[Mbaye-Jacques Diop]] was Mayor from 1987 to 2002, and he was subsequently designated as Honorary Mayor.

== Notable people ==
*[[Papa Bouba Diop]] - footballer
*[[Mamadou Seck (footballer)]] - footballer
*[[Ousmane Diop Socé]] - writer and politician
*[[Thierno Youm]] - footballer
*[[Abdoulaye Sadji]] - Writer
*[[Ismaila Lo]] - Musician

== See also ==
* [[Railway stations in Senegal]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080423232644/http://www.rufisquenews.com/rufisque.html Rufisque News], online version of Rufisque-based newspaper.
* Portions of this article were translated from French language Wikipedia's [[:fr:Rufisque]].

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