Louga

Louga
لوجا
City and commune
Amadou Sakhir Mbaye hospital
Amadou Sakhir Mbaye hospital
Louga is located in Senegal
Louga
Louga
Coordinates: 15°37′22″N 16°13′27″W / 15.62278°N 16.22417°W / 15.62278; -16.22417
Country Senegal
RegionLouga
DepartmentLouga
Area
 • City and commune21.5 km2 (8.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)[1]
 • City and commune113,365
 • Density5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Louga (Arabic: لوجا; Wolof: Luga) 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.

In 2013, according to official figures from the National Agency for Statistics and Demography [fr] (ANSD), Louga had a population of 104,000 inhabitants.

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population and area of Louga Commune