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| Senegal is in the North Atlantic coast of west Africa. It shares its borders with Mauritania, Mali, Guinea and Guinea Bissau. It covers the Republic of Gambia as an enclave on all the three sides with in its boundaries. . Senegal got its independence from France in 1960 and formed a federation with the Gambia called Senegambia in 1982. But the union was dissolved in 1989. It is the only country in west Africa that has positively achieved economic progress through well planned and executed macro-economic measures with the help of IMF.
Southern costal line is full of muddy estuaries due to several rivers and rivulets flowing to the western ocean. The south and Central areas, but for a the forest area of Casamance, is grassy land. The northern cost is all sand dunes. Behind the sand dunes is sandy planes extending far into the northern area. A major segment of north west Senegal is semi desert. |
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Capital: Dakar
Area: 196 200 km²
Population: 8 532 000
Currency: 1 US$ = 600 CFA
GDP: 134/1 596$
HDI : 160/326
CPI : 55/3.3
Languages: French, Wolof, Fulani, Serer, Dioula
Ethnic groups: Wolof 44%, Fulani & Tukulor 24%, Serer 15%, Diola 5%, Malinke 4%
Religions: Muslim 90%, Christian 6%, Animist 4%
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