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| Common name | Senegal | | Local name | République du Sénégal
Réewum Senegaal | | Name | République du Sénégal
Réewum Senegaal | | Motto | "Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi" (French)
"One People, One Goal, One Faith" | | Anthem | Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons | | Capital | Dakar | | Largest city | Dakar | | Official languages | French | | Regional languages | Wolof, Soninke, Seereer-Siin, Fula, Maninka, Diola,
| | Demonym | Senegalese | | Government | Semi-presidential republic | | President | Abdoulaye Wade | | Prime Minister | Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye | | Independence | Independence | | from France | 4 April 1960 | | Total Area | 76000 sq mi (196840 km2) (87th) | | Water % | 2.1 | | Population Est. | 13711597 (67th) | | Population census | 9967215 (2002) | | Density (pop.) | 69.6/km2 (134th) (180.4/sq mi) | | GDP PPP | $22.346 billion (2009) | | GDP (PPP) per capita | $1,743 | | GDP (nominal) | $12.738 billion[ (2009)] | | GDP (nominal) per capita | $993 | | Gini | 41.3 (1995) (medium) | | HDI | (+)0.464 (2007) (low) (166th) | | Currency | CFA franc (XOF) | | Time zone | UTC (UTC) | | Drives on the | right | | Internet TLD | .sn | | Calling code | 221 |
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Senegal ( ), officially the Republic of Senegal (République du Sénégal, -frʁepyblik dy seneɡalIPA), is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. It owes its name to the river that borders it to the East and North and that originates from the Fouta Djallon in Guinea. Senegal is externally bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south; internally it almost completely surrounds The Gambia, namely on the north, east and south, exempting Gambia's short Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal covers a land area of almost 197,000 km2, and has an estimated population of about 14 million.The climate is tropical with two seasons: the dry season and the rainy season.
Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, is located at the westernmost tip of the country on the Cap-Vert peninsula. About 300 miles off the coast, in the Atlantic Ocean, lie the Cape Verde Islands. During colonial times, numerous trading Counters, belonging to various colonial empires were established along the coast. The town of St Louis became the capital of French Western Africa (Afrique Occidentale Francaise, or AOF) before it was moved to Dakar in 1902. Dakar later became its capital in 1960 at the time of independence from France.
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