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  1. Saint Louis or Saint-Louis (Wolof: Ndar), is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 kilometres (200 mi) north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially estimated at 258,592 in 2021.

  2. The Island of Saint-Louis, oceanic port of West Africa, constitutes a unique landscape. Indeed, this miniscule strip of land, today wedged between two arms of the mouth of the Senegal River, enjoys an exceptional environment – a subtle marriage between land and water.

  3. May 9, 2024 · Located in the very north of Senegal, Saint Louis is a UNESCO-listed city you have to visit during your time in the West African country. The former capital of Senegal, under French colonial rule, this now crumbling city possesses a kind of faded glamour and glory, coupled with an emerging young, vibrant and creative dynamic.

  4. Saint-Louis, founded in 1659, is the oldest colonial city on the western African coast and was the administrative capital of the French West African territories of Mauritania and Senegal.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. The Island of Saint-Louis holds a characteristic French colonial city and oceanic port. Saint-Louis was the capital of the French colony of Senegal from 1673 until independence in 1960. It has preserved its colonial architecture with magnificent residences, along with its regular town plan.

  6. Saint-Louis Senegal. Once you cross the Pont Faidherbe bridge you discover a society whose life style and conviviality are unique. A city of great structural wealth, bearing witness to its glorious past.

  7. The Island of Saint-Louis is the historic part of the city of Saint-Louis in Senegal. In 2000, it was inscribed by the UNESCO on the World Heritage list.