Louga (lū'gä), town (1988 pop. 52,763), W Senegal. Located in a region where peanuts, cassava, and gum arabic are produced, the town manufactures peanut oil and processes hides and skins. Louga is a road junction and has rail connections with Saint-Louis in NW Senegal. An agricultural school and a branch of the Institute for Research in Seed Oils are in Louga.
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| Coordinates: 15°39′N 16°21′W / 15.65°N 16.35°W | |
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| Region | Louga Region |
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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. Pop. (1994 est.) town, 67,154.
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Louga is a junction station on the Dakar-Niger Railway network.
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Coordinates: 15°37′00″N 16°13′00″W / 15.616667°N 16.216667°W
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