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Housing Units (2000): 157
Land area (2000): 1.454525 sq. miles (3.767202 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.454525 sq. miles (3.767202 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30296
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.468707 N, 99.523874 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 76363
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Goree
Wikipedia
Île de Gorée (i.e. "Gorée Island"; (, from Dutch Goede Reede (good harbor)) is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement (i.e. districts) of the city of Dakar, Senegal. It is an island located at sea from the main harbor of Dakar .
Its population as of the 2013 census was 1,680 inhabitants, giving a density of , which is only half the average density of the city of Dakar. Gorée is both the smallest and the least populated of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of Dakar.
Gorée is famous as a destination for people interested in the Atlantic slave trade but relatively few slaves were processed or transported from there. The more important centres for the slave trade from Senegal were further north, at Saint-Louis, Senegal, or to the south in the Gambia, at the mouths of major rivers for trade. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Gorée is an island in Senegal, Africa.
Goree may also refer to:
- Goree, Texas, a city
- Goeree-Overflakkee (historically "Goree"), Netherlands
Usage examples of "goree".
At present, the ships by which Goree was attacked were found unequal to the attempt, and the expedition miscarried accordingly, though the miscarriage was attended with little or no damage to the assailants.
There were the three medical people-Maury, Cullen, Barksdale-and others of Longstreet's staff: Latrobe, Goree, and the charming little Jew, Major Moses.