# Louga region

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Region of Senegal

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Region in Senegal

Louga region Région de Louga (French) Diiwaanu Luga (Wolof) 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; -15.517 Country Senegal Capital Louga Départements List Kébémer Linguère Louga Area • Total 24,889 km2 (9,610 sq mi) Population (2023 census) • Total 1,127,119 • Density 45.286/km2 (117.29/sq mi) Time zone UTC+0 (GMT) HDI (2017) 0.413[1] low

**Louga** is a city and region of [Senegal](/source/Senegal). The region is located to the northwest part of the country and [Louga city](/source/Louga) is in the northwest of the region – about 50 km inland from the Atlantic coast.

## Departments

Louga region is divided into 3 [départements](/source/Department_(country_subdivision)):

- [Kébémer département](/source/K%C3%A9b%C3%A9mer_department)

- [Linguère département](/source/Lingu%C3%A8re_department)

- [Louga département](/source/Louga_department)

## Geography

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

## See also

- [Dahra](/source/Dahra)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_1-0)** ["Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab"](https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/). *hdi.globaldatalab.org*. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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