Koki is one of a number of towns in
Senegal with this name. This is the one in
Louga
Louga ( ar, لوجا; Wolof: Luga) is a town in northwestern Senegal. Louga is a cattle market centre, and has road and rail links with the port city of Saint-Louis to the northwest and Dakar to the southwest. The area surrounding Louga is a ...
region.
Transport
It is served by a station on the mainline of the
Dakar-Niger Railway.
Notable People
Mbaye Diagne
Mbaye Diagne (18 March 195831 May 1994) was a Senegalese military officer who served in Rwanda as a United Nations military observer from 1993 to 1994. During the Rwandan genocide he undertook many missions on his own initiative to save the liv ...
, a Senegalese Military Officer and United Nations Military Observer who was credited with saving many lives during the
Rwandan genocide was born in Koki.
See also
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Railway stations in Senegal
List of Railway stations in Senegal include:
Maps
UN Map Towns served by rail
Existing
* Dakar - port and national capital (0 km)
* Hann - truncated terminus (3 km)
* Bargny proposed deepwater port.
* Rufisque - cement wo ...
References
Populated places in Louga Region
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