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Capital | Dakar |
Government | Republic under multiparty democratic rule |
Currency | Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) |
Area | total: 196,190 km2 land: 192,000 km2 water: 4,190 km2 |
Population | 10,589,571 (July 2002 est.) |
Language | French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka |
Religion | Muslim 94%, indigenous beliefs 1%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic) |
Electricity | 230V/50Hz (European plug) |
Calling Code | +221 |
Internet TLD | .sn |
Time Zone | UTC |
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. The Gambia is almost an enclave of Senegal in the middle of the western coast.