Saint-Louis

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UNESCO World Heritage Site city commune of Senegal

Saint-Louis is a historic coastal city in northwestern Senegal that served as a major colonial administrative and trading center in French West Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
city ⓘ
commune of Senegal ⓘ
administrativeStatus commune de plein exercice ⓘ
capitalOf Saint-Louis Department ⓘ
Saint-Louis Region ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
connectedBy Faidherbe Bridge ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 16.032 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude -16.481 ⓘ
country Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerName Ndar ⓘ
foundedAs French trading post ⓘ
foundedBy Compagnie du Sénégal ⓘ
foundingDate 1659 ⓘ
hasAirport Saint-Louis Airport ⓘ
hasUniversity Gaston Berger University NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageSignificance testimony to French colonial urbanism in West Africa ⓘ
heritageSiteType cultural ⓘ
historicalRole major colonial administrative center ⓘ
major trading center in French West Africa ⓘ
knownFor colonial architecture ⓘ
cultural festivals ⓘ
historic urban layout ⓘ
localLanguage Wolof ⓘ
locatedIn Saint-Louis Department ⓘ
Saint-Louis Region ⓘ
northwestern Senegal ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Langue de Barbarie ⓘ
Senegal River ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
namedAfter Louis IX of France ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
population approximately 200000 ⓘ
regionType historic coastal city ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
riverIsland Île Saint-Louis ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria ii ⓘ
iv ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2000 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf French West Africa ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French West Africa → capital → Saint-Louis ⓘ
French West Africa → formerCapital → Saint-Louis ⓘ