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Dodji is a town in north central Senegal, with a 2007 estimated population of 8281. Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. |||} Senegal is subdivided into 11 regions ( régions, singular région) each of which is administered by a Conseil Régionaux elected by population 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 50km inland Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London Coordinated Universal Time, the basis for the world's civil time frequently referred to by the name of its predecessor Greenwich Mean Time Western [1][2] It is in the Louga Region, Linguère Department, and the Dodji Arrondissement, which consists of the Communauté rurales of Dodji, Labgar, and Ouarkhokh. 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 50km inland Linguère is a town located in the Linguère Department, Louga Region of Senegal. Though a separate administrative unit, Dodji falls under the Commune of Dahra - Linguère. As of 2007, Dodji's highest administrative official, (Président de Communauté Rurale) is Math Coueladio Ba, formerly of the Senegalese Socialist Party, now allied to the ruling PDS. Senegalese Socialist Party (in French: Parti Socialiste Sénégalais) was a Political party in Senegal. The Senegalese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Sénégalais is a political party in Senegal. [3]
Dodji has a 5230 ft. long sand landing strip.
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Dodji is situated in a semi-arid savanna zone, with few permanent settlements until the decades before the Second World War. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The town was founded by young Wolof members of the Mouride brotherhood, as many areas in eastern Senegal previously uninhabited, were settled and communities established as part of the movements drive to find land and livelihoods for Senegal's population. The Mouride brotherhood ( Muride brotherhood in Wolof الطريقة المريدية Aṭ-Ṭarīqat al-Murīdiyya or simply مريدية Murīdiyya [4] That Dodji remained an isolated backwater is evinced by the deportation of strike leaders from Dakar to here after a general strike called by the Dakar branch of the Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Sénégal (UNTS) in May 1963. For the Dakar Rally see Dakar Rally. For the Israeli submarine see INS Dakar. [5] The area around Dodji, historically very sparsely populated, has also been used by the French military as a live fire training ground. [6]
The climate receives 250-300 millimeters of rainfall annually, so most agriculture is limited to pastoralism, though peanut cultivation, predominating in the west, has been transplanted here. The peanut, or Groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the Legume family Fabaceae native to South America, Mexico [7] Cattle herding has been plagued by problems of drought and access to silage in the region, tho the later problem appears less severe in Dodji. [8] Attempts to aid farming have come domestically and internationally, as well as from local organizations such as the Association pour le Développement de Dodji et Yang-Yang (ADYD). [9] The national government has recently completed a 5km by 10km, 15 billion liter[10] reservoir for local farmers[11], and a number of international food security projects use Dodji as a local base. Food security refers to the availability of food and one's access to it [12] The entire region has also been plagued by dry season fires in recent years. [13]