Place:Saint-Louis, Senegal

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Name
Saint-Louis
Alternate names
Fleuve     (Rand McNally Atlas (1986) p 150)
Saint Louis region     (Wikipedia)
Saint-Louis     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
St-Louis     (Family History Library Catalog)
Type
Region
Coordinates
15.5°N 14°W
Located in
Senegal
Contained Places

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Department
Dagana
Inhabited place
Ferlo
Fété Bowé
Matam
Ouro Sogui
Podor
Ranérou
Richard Toll
Ross-Béthio
Saint-Louis ( 1658 - )
Thilogne
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source: Family History Library Catalog
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The Saint-Louis Region of Senegal sits just off the border with Mauritania. Capital: Saint-Louis.

Famous for its cast iron bridge, put in by French colonialists in the 19th century, it is close to the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, home to thousands of birds, some indigenous to the area.

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