Linguère
| Linguère | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
  Linguère | |
| Coordinates: 15°23′40″N 15°7′0″W / 15.39444°N 15.11667°WCoordinates: 15°23′40″N 15°7′0″W / 15.39444°N 15.11667°W | |
| Country |
 Senegal |
| Region | Louga Region |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
Linguère is a town located in the Linguère Department, Louga Region of Senegal.
Transport
The town was formally the terminus of a branch railway. The train station is now in ruins and the tracks are non-existent as they have been ripped up and used by locals as part of fences.
Infrastructure
The town has roughly 15,000 inhabitants, and is served by a weekly market that takes place on Fridays. There are usually one or two US Peace Corps volunteers stationed in the town, and surrounding villages. There is a post office, a bank, a small daily vegetable market, a bar, a sometimes running internet cafe, and several stores. There is also a 'Gare Routiere', a public transit hub connecting the town to villages to the east, Louga, Dahra, Touba, and Dakar. The village of Nguith nearby is a traditional Wolof village (4 km to the west), with a deep-bore well, schools, health post, and functioning village government. The village is run by two families, the Coundouls, and Talls.