Senegal

About Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal,[d] is a country in West Africa. Senegal’s economic and political capital is Dakar. It owes its name to the Senegal River, which borders it to the east and north.

Most of the population is on the coast and works in agriculture or other food industries. Other major industries include mining, tourism, and services.

Senegal is a member state of the African Union, the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, and the Community of Sahel-Saharan States.

Senegal. (2022, November 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal

Country Location

West Africa

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Population

17 million

Land Area

197,000 square kilometres

Children in school

Children out of School

670,978 (Source: World Bank, 2020)

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We got to Senegal around 1 pm, and those at the Senegal border didn’t care about us coming to help their kids. They kept us for 3hrs that we must pay 55,000 CFE, and the driver helped us pay the money, getting to the Gambia border around 5 am on Friday, the same day of […]

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