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Richard Great
Richard Toll (Senegal)
Richard Great
Richard Great
Coordinates 16 ° 28 ′  N , 15 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 28 ′  N , 15 ° 41 ′  W
Basic data
Country Senegal

region

Saint-Louis
Department Dagana
ISO 3166-2 SN-SL
height 7 m
Residents 57,878 (2013)
Sugar factory in Richard Toll
Sugar factory in Richard Toll

Richard Toll is the largest city in the Dagana department in the Saint-Louis region , located in northern Senegal on the border with Mauritania .

Geographical location

Richard Toll is located in the north of the Saint-Louis region , 100 kilometers from the Saint-Louis regional prefecture and 20 kilometers from the Dagana prefecture . The city is located on the left southern bank of the Senegal River , which meanders to the west , and in the middle of which runs the border with Mauritania. Before the Diama Dam was built , the influence of the tides made itself felt through the regular rise and fall of the water level in the river, even beyond Richard Toll .

The 16 kilometer long canal from Lac de Guiers to Senegal ends in the urban area . Along the river and between it and Lac de Guiers there are extensive areas to the west and east of the city that are intensively used for agriculture by means of artificial irrigation.

Street scene in Richard Toll

population

The last censuses showed the following population figures for the city:

year Residents
1976 4,893
1988 29,611
2002 42,621
2013 57,878

traffic

Passenger ship Bou El Mogdad

The national road N 2 connects Richard Toll with all cities in the river regions from Saint-Louis in the west to Kidira in the east of the country.

It is also connected to the national air transport network via Richard Toll Airport , southeast of the city .

From October to May the river cruise ship Bou el Mogdad sails every fortnight on Senegal between Saint-Louis and Podor and also makes a stop in Richard Toll.

economy

The main livelihood of the population is agriculture, in particular the cultivation of sugar cane and its processing in the local sugar factory. Over 8,200 hectares of sugar cane fields are owned by the Compagnie Sucrière Sénégalaise (CSS), which employs around 7,000 workers. CSS is part of the internationally active Groupe Mimran under its President Jean-Claude Mimran, who has been with Senegal for many years .

Town twinning

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Measure distance with google maps
  2. ↑ City Population - the population of the most important cities in Senegal
  3. ↑ Description of the river cruise , accessed on March 3, 2018
  4. ↑ Jean-Claude Mimran: Sugar King in Africa in: balance of 31 January 2006

Web links

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