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African city also known as having a physician around (5)

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I believe the answer is:

dakar

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'african city' is the definition.
(capital of Senegal)

'also known as having a physician around' is the wordplay.
'also known as' becomes 'a.k.a.' (synonyms).
'having a physician' becomes 'dr' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'aka' inserted into 'dr' is 'DAKAR'.

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(Other definitions for dakar that I've seen before include "Senegal's capital" , "Capital of Senegal" , "place in Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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