Gorea (Isla)

"La Isla de Gorea (en francés, Île de Gorée; en portugués, Ilha de Goreia) es una isla ubicada en Senegal, África, con una superficie de 17 hectáreas, se ubica frente a la costa del país, a tres kilómetros frente a Dakar, la capital. En 1978 fue declarada Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco."

"Île de Gorée (i.e. "Gorée Island"; (French pronunciation: [ildoe], 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 18.2-hectare (45-acre) island located 2 kilometres (1.1 nmi; 1.2 mi) at sea from the main harbor of Dakar (14°400N 17°240W / 14.66667°N 17.40000°W). Its population as of the 2013 census was 1,680 inhabitants, giving a density of 5,802 inhabitants per square kilometre (15,030/sq mi), 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."