Dakar is the capital city of which African country?
Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, Dakar of former President Leopold Senghor was performed. Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum, who died in 2004, is buried in the back of the altar, next to the statue of Our Lady of Victories, patron of the cathedral. Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, Dakar The Our Lady of Victories Cathedral () or Cathedral of Dakar, is the name given to a religious building that serves as the Catholic cathedral in the city of Dakar, the capital of the African country of Senegal, which is the seat of the Archdiocese of Dakar (Latin: "Archidioecesis Dakarensis"). The sanctuary was built on the site of an
Dakar railway was completed in 1885, at which point the city became an important base for the conquest of the western Sudan. Gorée, including Dakar, was recognised as a French "commune" in 1872. Dakar itself was split off from Gorée as a separate "commune" in 1887. The citizens of the city elected their own mayor and municipal council and helped send an elected representative to the National Assembly in Paris. Dakar replaced Saint-Louis as the capital of French West Africa in 1902. A second major railroad, the Dakar-Niger built from 1906–1923, linked Dakar to Bamako and consolidated the city's position at