Saint Louis’s coastal community is losing ground to the ocean each year, and families are losing their possessions, food and homes to coastal erosion, flooding, even breaking waves. But West Africa’s countries are working together, with the support of WACA, to create new solutions to protect the most vulnerable.
Capital: Dakar
Total Population: 15 million
Coastal Population: 7.8 million (52 % of total population)
Urban Coastal Population: 4.7 million (61% of coastal population)
Coastline: 718 km
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