Louga
| Louga | |
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| Town | |
Amadou Sakhir Mbaye hospital
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 Louga
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| Coordinates: 15°39′N 16°21′W / 15.650°N 16.350°W | |
| Country |
 Senegal
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| Region | Louga |
| Department | Louga |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 82,884 |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
Louga is a town 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.
In 2007, according to official estimates, Louga had a population of 82,884 inhabitants.
Louga is a junction station on the Dakar-Niger Railway network.
Coordinates: 15°37′00″N 16°13′00″W / 15.61667°N 16.21667°W
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