# Yoff

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'''Yoff''' ({{langx|wo|Yoof}}; {{langx|fr|Yoff}}) is a town (''commune d'arrondissement''), part of the city (''commune'') of [Dakar](/source/Dakar), located in [Senegal](/source/Senegal). It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of [Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport](/source/L%C3%A9opold_S%C3%A9dar_Senghor_International_Airport). The town is built along the broad beach at [Yoff Bay](/source/Yoff_Bay). According to the 2014 census, the population of Yoff is 89,442 inhabitants. Yoff is one of the four original [Lebou](/source/Lebu_people) villages of the&nbsp;[Cap-Vert](/source/Cap-Vert)&nbsp;Peninsula, along with&nbsp;[Hann](/source/Hann%2C_Senegal), [Ngor](/source/Ngor%2C_Dakar), and [Ouakam](/source/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==
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Administration is devolved to the town, which is essentially run by the [Layene](/source/Layene) [Islamic Brotherhood](/source/Muslim_brotherhoods_of_Senegal), the town featuring the [mausoleum](/source/mausoleum) of its founder. As a result, no [alcohol](/source/alcohol_(drug)) is available in the town. [Fishing](/source/Fishing) is an important local industry, as are the [Lebou](/source/Lebou_people) ''ndeup'' [healing](/source/healing) ceremonies (see [Saltigue](/source/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](/source/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](/source/S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal_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](/source/Air_S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal_International) had its head office on the grounds of the airport.<ref>"Directory: World Airlines." ''[Flight International](/source/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

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