Towns & cities
Dakar
capital and the largest city of Senegal
Senegal · 14.6726, -17.4320
Dakar is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Dakar, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
Movies filmed in Dakar
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Dakar as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Filming locations nearby
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Dakar?
4 productions are recorded as filmed in Dakar, including Io capitano (2023), Citation (2020) and The Last Adventure (1967). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Dakar?
Io capitano (2023), covered by 24 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Dakar?
Dakar is in Senegal. Its coordinates are 14.6726, -17.4320.
What other filming locations are near Dakar?
Gorée (4 km east), all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Jeff Attaway, CC BY 2.0.