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'''Yoff''' ({{langx|wo|Yoof}}; {{langx|fr|Yoff}}) is a town (''commune d'arrondissement''), part of the city (''commune'') of Dakar, located in Senegal. It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport. The town is built along the broad beach at Yoff Bay. According to the 2014 census, the population of Yoff is 89,442 inhabitants. Yoff is one of the four original Lebou villages of the Cap-Vert Peninsula, along with Hann, Ngor, and Ouakam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://afrolegends.com/2015/06/16/why-the-name-dakar/|title=Why the name: Dakar?|date=2015-06-16|website=African Heritage|access-date=2016-10-13}}</ref>
==History== Originally Yoff was a small fishing village, being founded in 1432 as Mbohehe.
==Overview== left|thumb|200px
Administration is devolved to the town, which is essentially run by the Layene Islamic Brotherhood, the town featuring the mausoleum of its founder. As a result, no alcohol is available in the town. Fishing is an important local industry, as are the Lebou ''ndeup'' healing ceremonies (see Saltigue). There are numerous construction-industry businesses and suppliers in the Yoff area, and it includes the largest Muslim cemetery serving greater Dakar.
Senegal Airlines has its head office on the airport property.<ref>[http://www.senegalairlines.aero/content/mentions-legales Mentions Légales] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113112250/http://www.senegalairlines.aero/content/mentions-legales |date=January 13, 2011 }}." Sénégal Airlines. Retrieved on 27 January 2011. "'GROUPE AIR SENEGAL, Société Anonyme avec conseil d'administration au capital de 16.500.000.000 FCFA, opérant sous la dénomination commerciale « SENEGAL AIRLINES », sise Aéroport Léopold Sédar SENGHOR BP 38265 – DAKAR YOFF (SENEGAL), immatriculée au RCCM de Dakar sous le n° SN DKR 2009 B 11310, NINEA 40694662G3, représentée aux fins des présentes par Edgardo BADIALI, Directeur Général."</ref> At one time Air Sénégal International had its head office on the grounds of the airport.<ref>"Directory: World Airlines." ''Flight International''. 12–18 March 2002. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2002/2002%20-%200739.html?search=AOM 63].</ref>
==See also== * {{Portal inline|Senegal}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081223110028/http://www.yoff.nl/ Geja Roosjen. Stichting Yoff: Project Moving Birds for Senegal 2006-2007]. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2009-01-20. * [http://www.unesco.org/csi/pub/papers2/yoff.htm Richard Dumez and Moustapha Kâ. Yoff Le Territoire Assiégé: Un village lébou dans la banlieue de Dakar]. Dossiers régions côtières et petites îles 7. Unesco (2000). * [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/150012/Dakar Dakar]. ''Britannica'' Online (retrieved 2009-01-20)
{{Communes of Dakar}} {{Islam in Senegal}}
Category:Arrondissements of Dakar Category:Populated places established in the 1430s Category:Almadies Arrondissement