Cap Skirring | |
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The beach stretching south towards the border to Guinea-Bissau
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Coordinates: 12°21′N 16°43′W / 12.350°N 16.717°W | |
Country | Senegal |
Region | Basse Casamance (Ziguinchor) |
Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
Cap Skirring, also spelled Cap Skiring, is a town on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Basse Casamance (Ziguinchor) region of Senegal. It is a popular seaside resort with Europeans and has an airport and a golf course. The town was first occupied by fishermen. It was discovered by the French of Ziguinchor as a balneal zone in the 1960s. A landing strip for small planes was built at the end of 1960 by members of the Aero Club de Ziguinchor.
Coordinates: 12°21′N 16°43′W / 12.350°N 16.717°W