SENEGAL |
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AREA
196,722 sq.km. (24th) |
POPULATION
13,635,927 (67th) |
PLATFORM DATA |
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National
Demography |
0 – 24yrs: 63% 25 – 64yrs: 34.2% 65yrs and over: 2.9%
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Life
Expectancy |
61yrs (192nd)
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National
G.D.P |
$27.72 billion (120th)
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Per Capital
Income |
$2,100 (193rd)
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Currency |
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF)
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Economic
Drivers |
Fishery, Groundnuts, Phosphates, petroleum, Iron Ore, Construction
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Official
Languages |
French
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Other Local Languages |
Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka |
Climatic
Zone |
Tropical hot humid
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Religious Expression |
Muslim 94% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
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Christian Umbrella
Organization(s) |
Not Available |
Airports
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Bakel Airport, Bakel
Cap Skirring Airport, Cap Skirring Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, Dakar Kaolack Airport, Kaolack Kédougou Airport, Kedougou Kolda North Airport (former ICAO: GOGK), Kolda Ouro Sogui Airport, Matam Podor Airport, Podor Richard Toll Airport, Richard Toll Saint-Louis Airport, Saint Louis Simenti Airport, Simenti Tambacounda Airport, Tambacounda Ziguinchor Airport, Ziguinchor
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Airstrips |
Dakar Airstrips Kaffrine Airstrips Matam Airstrips Thiès Airstrips
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Road Network | 14,958 km |
Rail Network | 906 km |
Corruption
Rating |
77/177 |
Security
Rating |
13%
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