Senegal Country Info - Africa

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.

Senegal is a country in Western Africa. With the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Senegal has Guinea-Bissau to the south, Guinea to the southeast, Mali to the east, and Mauritania to the north. Be careful with food prepared by the road, as it could be cooked in unsanitary conditions.

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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 Senegal 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 following list are the 14 regions/states in Senegal we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Senegalese population grew at a rate of 2.68% (or by 377,648 citizens). With 134,522 deaths and 512,171 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.68%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of 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.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.