Guéoul | |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Total Type: | Commune and town |
Pushpin Map: | Senegal |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Senegal |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Louga Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Kébémer Department |
Subdivision Type3: | Arrondissement |
Unit Pref: | metric |
Area Total Km2: | 4.127 |
Population As Of: | 2023 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 10547 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 15.4833°N -37°W |
Guéoul is a town and urban commune in the Louga Region of Senegal.
The population in 2023 was 10,547, an increase from the 8,004 counted in 2013[1]
The section of the railway line Dakar-Saint-Louis and Louga between Guéoul (20 km) was opened for operation on 1 January 1885, followed by the section between Guéoul and Kébémer (17 km) in March of the same year.
Binet Diop, a women's rights activist, was born in Guéoul.[2]