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Louga region
Région de Louga (French) Diiwaanu Luga (Wolof) | |
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Region | |
Location of Louga in Senegal | |
Louga région, divided into 3 départements | |
Coordinates: 15°16′N 15°31′W / 15.267°N 15.517°W / 15.267; -15.517 | |
Country | Senegal |
Capital | Louga |
Départements | List |
Area | |
• Total | 24,889 km (9,610 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,127,119 |
• Density | 45/km (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
HDI (2017) | 0.413 low |
Louga is a city and region of Senegal. The region is located to the northwest part of the country and Louga city is in the northwest of the region – about 50 km inland from the Atlantic coast.
Departments
Louga region is divided into 3 départements:
Geography
Louga is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
See also
References
- "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
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