Louga Region

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Louga Region Région de Louga
Region
Location of Louga in Senegal
Louga région, divided into 3 départements
Coordinates: 15°16′N 15°31′W / 15.267°N 15.517°W / 15.267; -15.517Coordinates: 15°16′N 15°31′W / 15.267°N 15.517°W / 15.267; -15.517
Country	Senegal
Capital	Louga
Départements	hide List Kébémer Linguère Louga
Area
• Total	24,889 km2 (9,610 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Total	835,325
• Density	34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
HDI (2017)	0.413[1] low

Louga is a city and region of Senegal. The region is located to the northwest part of the country and Louga city is in the northwest of the region - about 50 km inland from the Atlantic coast.

Departments[]

Louga region is divided into 3 départements:

• Kébémer Département
• Linguère Département
• Louga Département

Geography[]

Louga is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

See also[]

• Dahra

References[]

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