Merinaghen
Merinaghen is a locality in Northwest Senegal. A fort was built there in 1822 to facilitate trade along the Sénégal River, and a village survives to this day.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: town in Saint-Louis Region, Senegal
- Also known as: “Mérinaghem”, “Mérinaghen”, “Merinagher”, “Merinaguene”, “Mérinaguene”, and “Mérinaguène”
Merinaghen
- Categories: human settlement, village of Senegal, and locality
- Location: Louga Region, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
15.94161° or 15° 56′ 30″ northLongitude
-15.97475° or 15° 58′ 29″ westElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
7C76W2RG+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1980163010OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Persian—“Merinaghen” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Merinaghen”
- Dutch: “Merinaghen”
- French: “Merinaghen”
- German: “Merinaghen”
- Irish: “Merinaghen”
- Japanese: “メリナゲン”
- Persian: “مریناگن”
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