Cap Skirring, also spelled Cap Skiring, is a town on the Atlantic Ocean

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 coast of the Basse Casamance (Ziguinchor) region of Senegal

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. It is a popular seaside resort

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 with European

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s and has an airport

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 and a golf course

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. 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.