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Sign in to saveLouga (; Wolof: Luga) is a city in northwestern Senegal. Louga is a cattle market centre, and has road and rail links with the port city of Saint-Louis to the northwest and Dakar to the southwest. The area surrounding Louga is at the northern limits of Senegal's peanut- (groundnut-) growing area and is inhabited by the Fulani, who are generally pastoral nomads, and the Wolof, who are sedentary farmers. Louga is located in what is called the Ndiambour, which used to be part of the Cayor province.
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Place details
- Locality
- Louga
- Region
- Louga
- Country
- Sénégal
- Population
- 113,365
- Timezone
- Africa/Dakar
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Louga
- Settlement.other_name
- لوجا
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City and commune
- Settlement.total_type
- City and commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:LougaHospital.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Amadou Sakhir Mbaye hospital
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Senegal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Louga
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Louga
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 21.5
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 113365
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Senegal
- Located in
- Louga Department
- Elevation
- 44
- Capital of
- Louga
- Image
- LougaHospital.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Torrelavega
- Commons category
- Louga
- P12749
- Cichla
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Administration
- Geography
- Population
- Economy
- Climate
- Transport
- Sports
- Twin Towns
- Notable People Born in Louga
- See also
- References
- External links
Louga (; Wolof: Luga) is a city in northwestern Senegal. Louga is a cattle market centre, and has road and rail links with the port city of Saint-Louis to the northwest and Dakar to the southwest. The area surrounding Louga is at the northern limits of Senegal's peanut- (groundnut-) growing area and is inhabited by the Fulani, who are generally pastoral nomads, and the Wolof, who are sedentary farmers. Louga is located in what is called the Ndiambour, which used to be part of the Cayor province.
In 2013, according to official figures from the (ANSD), Louga had a population of 104,000 inhabitants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nguer Malal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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