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Ngaparou (or '''N'gaparu''') is a coastal town with commune status in western Senegal (about 75 km south of Dakar), located in M'Bour Department and Thiès Region on the Petite Côte, near Saly. It is adjacent to the town of Somone and it shares a similar tourist industry, but its main income is from fishing.

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Ngaparou (or '''N'gaparu''') is a coastal town with commune status in western Senegal (about 75 km south of Dakar), located in M'Bour Department and Thiès Region on the Petite Côte, near Saly. It is adjacent to the town of Somone and it shares a similar tourist industry, but its main income is from fishing.

==Description== thumb|left|upright|Schoolbus in Ngaparou. The people of this coastal area are mainly Lebu and the Serer. There are, unusually, Catholic communities here and a Catholic church in Nguering 5 km away.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ngaparou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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