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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Senegal 
 Main prefix
 6W 
 Time zone
 0 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 
          Senegal          
 
 Senegal 

 Senegal - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Senegal          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia.
 
          Senegal          
 
 Senegal 
 Capital: 
Dakar
 Administrative
 divisions: 
14 regions (regions, singular - region): Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, Kédougou, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Sédhiou, Tambacounda, Thies, and Ziguinchor.
 Population: 
10,589,571 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
14° 00' N, 14° 00' W
 Area total: 
196,190 sq. km
 Land area: 
192,000 sq. km
 Water area: 
4,190 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
2,640 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km
 Coastline: 
531 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.sn
 Currency: 
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF)
responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Senegal
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Senegal
 Name - local
 long form: 
Republique du Senegal Senegal
 Independence: 
4 April 1960 (from France), complete independence was achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
 Constitution: 
a new constitution was adopted 7 January 2001
 Government
 type: 
republic under multiparty democratic rule
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 4 April (1960)
 
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