Lompoul Desert, Senegal
The Lompoul desert is a small desert located 145 km south of Saint-Louis, Senegal.
It is characterized by orange sand dunes forming a landscape that is more akin to those of the Sahara and Mauritania than those of the surrounding area of Senegal (the Grande-Côte), and is a popular tourist attraction of Senegal. The desert is named after the closest settlement, i.e., the village of Lompoul.
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