Saint-Louis (department)
The Saint-Louis department is one of 45 departments that make up Senegal and one of three departments that make up the Saint-Louis region . It is located in the north-west of Senegal and, with the capital Saint-Louis, surrounds the Senegal estuary and lies on the border with neighboring Mauritania .
The département has an area of 879 km² and is divided into arrondissements, communes and rural communes (Communautés rurales) as follows:
| Commune / Arrondissement |
Communauté rurale |
Residents 2013 |
| Saint-Louis | - | 209.752 |
| Mpal | - | 8,132 |
| Rao | Gandon | 40,763 |
| Rao | Barrel Ngom | 16,667 |
| Rao | Ndiébène Gandiole | 21,182 |
| Department | - | 296,496 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Service Régional de la Statistique et de la Démographie de Saint-Louis: Situation economique et sociale regional 2013 Area, page 24 of the PDF file 4.34 MB
- ↑ ANSD: Rapport Projection de la Population du Senegal 2013 - 2063 (RGPHAE 2013) Region Saint-Louis, pages 39 to 41 of the PDF file 1.44 MB
Administrative division of Senegal
Coordinates: 15 ° 57 ′ N , 16 ° 24 ′ W