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Saint-Louis (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lwi] ⓘ) or Saint Louis (Wolof: Ndar), is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 kilometres (200 mi) north of Senegal's capital city Dakar. It had a population of 254,171 in 2023. [1]
It was the capital of Senegal from 1872 to 1957 and played an important cultural and economic role in the whole of West Africa. The location of the town on an island at the mouth of the Senegal River, its regular town plan, the system of quays, and the characteristic colonial architecture give Saint-Louis its distinctive appearance and identity ...
Birds flock on the beach at the Langue de Barbarie National Park, 2006. Ruins in the park. The Langue de Barbarie (French for "Barbary spit of land", named after the Barbary Coast) is a thin, sandy peninsula, adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, located in western Senegal, in the neighbourhood of the city of Saint-Louis. [1]
The museum has exhibited photographs from Amadou Diaw's personal collection as well as photographs from the early days of Saint-Louis. [6] The museum has a diverse collection of photographs from various African countries. It contains photographs of the 1977 crowning of emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa and of Senegal's beauty dating back to the 1930s ...
The Saint-Louis region (French: Région de Saint-Louis) of Senegal is on the border with Mauritania.Its capital is Saint-Louis.. Famous for the cast iron bridge in its capital, built by French colonialists in the 19th century, the region includes the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, home to thousands of birds, some indigenous to the area.
Senegal portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Louis, Senegal . This category is for articles related to Saint-Louis , a town in the Saint-Louis Department of the Saint-Louis Region of the African country of Senegal .
Saint-Louis department is one of the 46 departments of Senegal, located in the Saint-Louis region. There are two communes in the department; Saint-Louis and Mpal. There is a single arrondissement, Rao, which comprises the rural districts (communautés rurales) of: Fass Ngom; Gandiole; Gandon; In 2023, the population was counted at 387,513.
1923 - Ecole des Enfants de Troupe de Saint-Louis du Sénégal (school) opens. [10] 1956 - Musée du Centre de recherches et de documentation du Sénégal à Saint-Louis (museum) opens. 1957 - Capital of French Colonial Mauritania moved from Saint-Louis to Nouakchott. 1960 - Saint Louis becomes part of independent Republic of Senegal.