Dahra (also Dahra Djoloff or Dara) is a town of commune status located in the
Louga Region
Louga is a city and region of Senegal. The region is located to the northwest part of the country and Louga city is in the northwest of the region - about 50 km inland from the Atlantic coast.
Departments
Louga region is divided into 3 dà ...
of
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠...
at roughly 264 km from Dakar, to which it is connected via the
N3 road. It is near the
ISRA Centre de recherché zootechniques and 40 km from the old King of Djoloff's residence (yang-yang) named Alboury Ndiaye. The town has about 30,000 residents and the main activity is agriculture and animal breeding.
Dahra is popular because of the weekly market, which gathers many stockbreeders and tradesmen from around the country.
References
Populated places in Louga Region
Communes of Senegal
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