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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.
Saint-Louis (en wolof : Ndar), souvent appelée Saint-Louis-du-Sénégal, est une des plus grandes villes du Sénégal et, historiquement, l'une des plus importantes, comme en témoigne son inscription sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.
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Island of Saint-Louis. Founded as a French colonial settlement in the 17th century, Saint-Louis was urbanised in the mid-19th century. It was the capital of Senegal from 1872 to 1957 and played an important cultural and economic role in the whole of West Africa.
Located in the northwest area of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 kilometers (199 mi) north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially estimated at 176,000 in 2005. Founded in 1659, Saint-Louis was the capital of the French colony of Senegal until independence in 1960.
Photo by Luis Filipe Gaspar. 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.
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.
