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SENEGAL
Republic of Senegal
SN · SEN
INDEPENDENT 1960
WESTERNMOST COUNTRY IN MAINLAND AFRICA
POPULATION
18.5M
AREA
196,722 km²
CAPITAL
Dakar
CURRENCY
XOF
GDP / CAPITA
$1,700
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Nepen Diakha, 648 m
LOWEST POINT
Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
COASTLINE
531 km
LAND BORDERS
2,640 km, 5 countries
TERRAIN
Low, rolling plains rising to foothills in the southeast.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
14.72°N, 17.47°W
TIME ZONE
GMT, UTC+0 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Presidential republic
RELIGION
Islam, ~96%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
68 years
HDI
0.530 — Medium (rank 166)
LANGUAGES
FrenchOFFICIAL
WolofLINGUA FRANCA
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Food & fish processing
Phosphate mining
Petroleum refining
Textiles
TOP EXPORTS
Gold
Fish products
Phosphoric acid
Petroleum products
TOP IMPORTS
Foodstuffs
Machinery
Petroleum
LAND USE
Agricultural, 46%
Forest, 44%
Other, 10%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
4.3M
1970
5.7M
1980
7.5M
1990
9.9M
2000
12.7M
2010
16.7M
2020
18.4M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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