{{Short description|Region of Senegal}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Saint-Louis region | native_name = {{nativename|fr|Région de Saint-Louis}}<br>{{nativename|wo|Diwaanu Ndar}} | settlement_type = [[Regions of Senegal|Region]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Saint-Louis in Senegal.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Saint-Louis in Senegal | image_map1 = Map of the departments of the Saint-Louis region of Senegal.png | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = Saint-Louis région, divided into 3 departments | pushpin_map = <!-- Senegal --> | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|16|13|N|14|48|W|region:SN_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Senegal]] | established_title = | established_date = | parts_type = [[Départements of Senegal|Départements]] | p1 = [[Dagana Département, Senegal|Dagana]] | p2 = [[Podor Département|Podor]] | p3 = [[Saint-Louis Département|Saint-Louis]] | p4 = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] | seat = [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint-Louis]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 19241 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1,204,863 | population_as_of = 2023 census | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_rank = | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] | utc_offset = +0 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2017) | blank_info_sec1 = 0.482<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#900|medium}} · [[List of Senegalese regions by Human Development Index|4th]] | website = | footnotes = }}
The '''Saint-Louis region''' ({{Langx|fr|Région de Saint-Louis}}) of [[Senegal]] is on the border with [[Mauritania]]. Its capital is [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint-Louis]].
Famous for the [[cast iron]] [[bridge]] in its capital, built by [[France|French]] colonialists in the 19th century, the region includes the [[Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary]], home to thousands of birds, some indigenous to the area.
==Départements== Saint-Louis region is divided into 3 [[Department (country subdivision)|départements]]: *[[Dagana department, Senegal|Dagana département]] *[[Podor department|Podor département]] *[[Saint-Louis department|Saint-Louis département]]
==Geography== Saint-Louis is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
==See also== *[[Lac de Guiers]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Regions of Senegal}} {{Authority control}}
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