Official Name: | Cap Skirring |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Senegal |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Basse Casamance (Ziguinchor) |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 12.35°N -59°W |
Cap Skirring, also spelled Cap Skiring, is a town on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Basse Casamance (Ziguinchor) region of Senegal, near the border of Guinea-Bissau. 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 recreational beach 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.