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.

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Cap Skirring
Town
The beach stretching south towards the border to Guinea-Bissau
Cap Skirring
Coordinates: 12°21′N 16°43′W
Country	Senegal
Region	Basse Casamance (Ziguinchor)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

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