Travel Info
| Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Capital | Dakar |
| Government | republic under multiparty democratic rule |
| Currency | Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States |
| Area | total: 196,190 sq km land: 192,000 sq km water: 4,190 sq km |
| 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) |
Senegal is a country in Western Africa. It is the westernmost country on the African continent. With a North Atlantic Ocean coastline in 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.
The Dakar