Ross Béthio is a town of commune status in the
Dagana Department in
Saint-Louis Region of
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
. The population in 2013 was 11,588.
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The town lies on the
N2 road This is a list of roads designated N2. Roads entries are sorted in alphabetical order by country.
* N2 (Bangladesh), connects Dhaka and Tamabil via Sylhet
* N2 road (Belgium), connects Brussels and Maastricht
* National Road 2 (Democratic Repub ...
connecting it to
Saint-Louis and
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...
to the west and
Richard Toll
Richard Toll is a town in northern Senegal, lying on the south bank of the River Senegal, just east of Rosso. Originally a colonial town, it was named for the park of the Château de Baron Roger, laid out by botanist Jean Michel Claude Richard. ...
to the east.
The local economy is based on the growing of rice on land irrigated by water from the
River Senegal
,french: Fleuve Sénégal)
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, image_caption = Fishermen on the bank of the Senegal River estuary at the outskirts of Saint-Louis, Senegal ...
and the subsequent manufacture of energy from the rice husks by biomass gasification.
References
Populated places in Saint-Louis Region
Saint-Louis Region
Communes of Senegal
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