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Linguère
Linguère (Senegal  )
Linguère
Linguère
Coordinates: 15°23′N 15°13′W / 15.383, -15.217
Country Flag of Senegal Senegal
Region Louga Region
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Linguère is a town located in the Linguère Department, Louga Region of Senegal. 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 département de Linguère est l’un des trois départements de la région de Louga ( Sénégal) 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 Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa.


Transport

The town was the terminus of a branch railway. The Train Station is now in ruins and the tracks are non-existent as they have been ripped up and used by locals as part of fences.

Infrastructure

The town has roughly 15,000 inhabitants, and is served by a weekly market occurring Fridays. There are usually one or two US Peace Corps volunteers stationed in the Town, and surrounding villages. There is a Post Office, a bank, a small daily vegetable market, a bar, a sometimes running internet cafe, and several stores. There is also a 'Gare Routiere', a public transit hub connecting the town to villages to the east, Louga, Dahra, Touba, and Dakar. The Village of Nguith nearby is a traditional Wolof village (4km to the West), with a deep-bore well, schools, health post, and functioning village government. The village is run by two families the Coundouls, and Talls.

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