Richard Toll

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footnotes = Richard Toll is a town in northern Senegal, lying on the south bank of the River Senegal, just east of Rosso. Originally a colonial town, it was name for the park of the Chateau 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 convert|6000|ha|acre|-1. The town's main industry is sugar. Estimated population 2007: 70,000.

Marie Laforet has a song about Richard Toll. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Dvw-sGeS4 Live] ]

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