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Coming from the district of Sor, on the continent, you can access the island of Saint-Louis only by one link, the Pont Faidherbe bridge. This metallic structure is 507 meters long and 10.5 meters wide. The bridge of Saint-Louis consists of 7 arched spans with the second to last having been conceived to pivot around a fixed axis to let ships ...
In 1840 the first General Council is created. Until then an economic crossroads, Saint Louis becomes the political capital of Senegal. In 1848, the abolition of slavery leads France to doubt the utility of keeping its two Senegalese bastions: the island of Gorée and the city of Saint Louis.
Son patrimoine architectural et culturel est tel que Saint-Louis du Sénégal est classée depuis l’an 2000 au patrimoine mondial de l’humanité par l’ UNESCO. Son célèbre pont Faidherbe qui la relie au continent date de 1865. Il est l’initiative du Gouverneur Louis Faidherbe, officier du génie sorti de Polytechnique en France.
Capital of Senegal from 1872 to 1957. Capital of Mauritania from 1920 to1960. In our days, Saint-Louis is the "Capital of the North", "intellectual capital of Sénégal", "capital of good taste". The island is classified in the patrimony of humanity by UNESCO. – Economy : The fall of groundnut prices and the advance of desertification are the ...
Dakar to Saint-Louis a minimum of four hours. You can also plan for a taxi to take you straight from the airport of Dakar to bring you directly to Saint-Louis. By car. Coming to Saint-Louis by car : It is much longer (Count a minimum of 15 days from Paris), but muchmore enriching ! Passe through Spain and the Detroit of Gibraltar, the Marocan ...
Portail de Saint-Louis du Sénégal, découvrez la ville ainsi que sa région dans la rubrique tourisme, consultez les bonnes adresses de restaurants et hôtels.
This stretch of sand is the culmination of a beach that is close to 600 km long, from Nouâdhibou in Mauritania, to Saint-Louis. The Langue de Barbarie separates, during 25 kms, the river Senegal from the Atlantic ocean. At their junction, the waters meet with force. Its width is only a dune bordered with beaches.
Transports. Everywhere in Senegal. The Taxi 7 Places : They are Peugeot 504 or 505 converted to public transport.Seven can fit in these cars, thus the name of the vehicle. These cars are the quickest means of public transport as they do not stop until their final destination (except for quick maintenance if necessary).
Money. Senegal is part of the Franc zone, where there is the CFA which is fixed at the following rate : 1 FF for 100 CFA or 0,15 euro. Since 1994, the banks are authorized to take a 2% commission while changing French francs into CFA francs. It is sometimes possible to obtain CFA in certain banks with a checking account and identification.
De 1895 à 1902, à son apogée, Saint-Louis cumulait les fonctions de capitale des colonies du Sénégal et de celle de l’Afrique Occidentale Française (Sénégal, Mauritanie, Soudan, Guinée et Côte d’Ivoire). Elle était l’une des plus importantes villes d’Afrique, la plus active politiquement et économiquement, la mieux ...
