Louga is a city and region of Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

. The region is located to the northwest part of the country and Louga city

Louga

Louga is a town in northwestern Senegal. Louga is a cattle market centre and has road and rail links with the port city of Saint-Louis to the northwest and Dakar to the southwest...

 is in the northwest of the region - about 50 km inland from the Atlantic coast.

Departments

Louga region is divided into 3 departments:

• Kébémer
  Kébémer Department
  Kébémer Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Louga Region....
  
  
• Linguère
  Linguère Department
  Linguère Department is one of the departments of Senegal, one of three located in the Louga Region. Its capital is Linguère, and it emcompasses some 19716km/sq.- Arrondissements :Linguère Department is divided into four arrondissements:*Barkedji*Dodji...
  
  
• Louga
  Louga Department
  ' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Louga Region....
  
  

Geography

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