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Louga

Louga is a regional capital in Senegal with a population of about 113,365.

SenegalCity🏆 #15 most populated in Senegal🕐 Africa/Dakar
Louga

Louga 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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About Louga

CountrySenegal
ContinentAfrica
Explore13
Population113,365
Local currencyXOF
Coordinates15.6187, -16.2244
Time zoneAfrica/Dakar

🧭 Facts & curiosities

Settlement typeCity
Distance to the capital166 km · Dakar
Population (Senegal)#15 most populated in Senegal
Where on Earth15°37′7″N · 16°13′28″W
HemisphereN · W
Distance to the equator1,739 km
Distance to the North Pole8,280 km
Did you knowMore populous than 100% of all places
Same latitude asOmdurman (Sudan)
Antipode (other side of Earth)-15.62, 163.78

✈️ Distance to major cities

Paris4,064 km
London4,239 km
Cairo5,081 km
São Paulo5,468 km
New York6,184 km
Moscow6,356 km

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