Explore Senegal in Africa - Senegal Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Senegal with its capital Dakar is located in Africa (Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 196,191 square kilometres (slightly smaller than South Dakota) with 12,853,000 citizens. French, Wolof and are the official languages spoken in Senegal (consider regional differences). Guinea, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia and Mali are bordering countries.

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About Senegal

The landscape features generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast. The average density of population is about 65 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with hot, humid, rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds, dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind. Potential threats by nature are lowlands seasonally flooded or periodic droughts.

To reach someone in Senegal dial +221 prior to a number. There are 278,800 installed telephones. And there are 6,902,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".sn". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 14 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Senegal

Senegal Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Senegal has 1 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Senegal Unesco Heritage location overview.

Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary

Situated in the Senegal River delta, the Djoudj Sanctuary is a wetland of 16,000 ha, comprising a large lake surrounded by streams, ponds and backwaters. It forms a living but fragile sanctuary for...

Island of Gorée

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the...

Island of Saint-Louis

Founded as a French colonial settlement in the 17th century, Saint-Louis was urbanised in the mid-19th century. It was the capital of Senegal from 1872 to 1957 and played an important cultural and...

Niokolo-Koba National Park

Located in a well-watered area along the banks of the Gambia river, the gallery forests and savannahs of Niokolo-Koba National Park have a very rich fauna, among them Derby elands (largest of the...

Saloum Delta

Fishing and shellfish gathering have sustained human life in the 5,000 km2 property, which is formed by the arms of three rivers. The site comprises brackish channels encompassing over 200 islands...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Senegal

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Senegal is growing at an rate of 2.68% (or by 377,648 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.68%. Or an total increase of 377,648 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.