Richard-Toll

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Richard-Toll

Total population

73,000

Coordinates16.47°, -15.69°

Demographic figures from ANSD Senegal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Richard Toll is a town and urban commune in northern Senegal, lying on the south bank of the Senegal River, just east of Rosso. Originally a colonial town, it was named for the park of the Château de Baron Roger, laid out by botanist Jean Michel Claude Richard. A rice-growing scheme was originally initiated by France's colonial development organisation, FIDES, in 1949 with an initial cultivated area of 6,000 hectares. The town's main industry is sugar. The population in 2023 was 73,147.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Makhtar Thioune

Senegalese footballer

Ndaté Yalla Mbodj

Queen of the Waalo (1810–1860)

Ndiadiane Ndiaye

semi-legendary founder of the Jolof Empire

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Njembot Mboj

Senegalese Queen, Linguére of Waalo

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Idrissa Niang

Senegalese footballer

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Ndeye Awa Diakhaté

Senegalese footballer

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Moussa Mamadou Bathily

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Oumy Ndiaye

Senegalese actor

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Mbaye Diop

Senegalese artist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Senegal

• Ngadji Sar
  54 mi away
• Madina Ndiathbé
  103.4 mi away
• Ndoukoumane
  128.7 mi away
• Diayane None
  137.1 mi away
• Thiandene
  151.1 mi away
• Khadara Bou el Harath
  205.5 mi away
• Chelkhat Ghiarhoum
  214.9 mi away
• Varele
  218.1 mi away
• Agoueida
  218.3 mi away
• Konkoudia
  244.7 mi away
• Djinaky
  248.6 mi away
• Hassi Chaggar
  251.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Richard-Toll

City Maps Richard-Toll Senegal

James McFee · 2017

Contribution à l'étude dynamique de la population de Lagonosticta senegala L. (Estrildides) à Richard-Toll (Sénégal)

Marie-Yvonne Morel · 1969

Compte rendu des travaux d'expérimentation agronomique

Projet pour le développement de la recherche agronomique et de ses applications dans le Bassin du Fleuve Sénégal. · 1972

De Collin à Diouf

Amadou Tidiane Wane · 2017

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Egyptian Tomb Bat

Taphozous perforatus

Seen 2026-04-28

Fulvous Chatterer

Argya fulva

Seen 2026-04-28

Lesser Egyptian Jerboa

Jaculus jaculus

Seen 2026-04-27

kheep

Leptadenia pyrotechnica

Seen 2026-03-18

African Green Bee-eater

Merops viridissimus

Seen 2026-03-09

Woodchat Shrike

Lanius senator

Seen 2026-03-09

Great Gray Shrike

Lanius excubitor

Seen 2026-03-09

Savannah Monitor

Varanus exanthematicus

Seen 2026-01-29

giant milkweed

Calotropis procera

Seen 2026-01-29

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).