Louga (department)
The Louga department with its capital Louga is one of 45 departments that make up Senegal and one of three departments that make up the Louga region . It is located in the north-west of Senegal between the Grande-Côte and the lower reaches of the Ferlo River and the southern part of Lake Guiers .
The department has an area of 5649 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communities (Communautés rurales) as follows:
| Commune / Arrondissement |
Communauté rurale |
Residents 2013 |
| Louga | - | 104,349 |
| Ndiagne (2011) | - | 7,496 |
| Coki | Coki | 25,298 |
| Coki | Peté Ouarack | 4,837 |
| Coki | Thiamène Cayor | 17.179 |
| Coki | Guet Ardo (2011) | 8,635 |
| Keur Momar Sarr | Gandé | 16,513 |
| Keur Momar Sarr | Keur Momar Sarr | 27,517 |
| Keur Momar Sarr | Nguer Malal | 24,518 |
| Keur Momar Sarr | Syer | 7.104 |
| Mbédiène | Kele Gueye | 10.091 |
| Mbédiène | Mbédiène | 12,442 |
| Mbédiène | Nguidilé | 19,710 |
| Mbédiène | Niomré | 15,822 |
| Sakal | Léona | 32,788 |
| Sakal | Ngueune Sarr | 13,874 |
| Sakal | Sakal | 25,037 |
| Department | - | 373.212 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Demographie de Louga: Situation economique et sociale regional edition 2005 Area of the department on page 3 of the PDF file 0.96 MB
- ^ Répartition spatiale of the region (administrative division) on pages 7 and 8 of the 2005 edition
- ↑ ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013) Louga region, pages 35 to 37 of the PDF file 1.44 MB
Web links
Administrative division of Senegal
Coordinates: 15 ° 42 ′ N , 16 ° 12 ′ W