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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In 2023, according to official figures from the National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD), Louga had a population of 113,365 inhabitants.
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Towns around Louga
- Kébémer36 km SW
- Saint-Louis53 km NW
- Mékhé71 km SW
- Dara85 km E
- Ndibène Dahra86 km E
- Mboro89 km SW
- Touba92 km SE
- Tivaouane98 km SW
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