Senegal General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Senegal. Guide Bakel Guide Bambey Guide Bignona Guide Dagana Guide Dahra Guide Dakar Guide Diamniadio Guide Diourbel Guide Fatick Guide Gossas Guide Goudomp Guide Guinguinéo Guide Joal-Fadiouth Guide Kaffrine Guide Kanel Guide Kaolack Guide Kayar Guide Kébémer Guide Kédougou Guide Khombole Guide Kolda Guide Koungheul Guide Linguère Guide Louga Guide Matam Guide Mbacké Guide Mboro Guide M'Bour Guide Mékhé Guide Ndioum Guide Nguékhokh Guide Nioro du Rip Guide Ouro Sogui Guide Pout Guide Richard Toll Guide Rufisque Guide Saint-Louis Guide Sébikhotane Guide Sédhiou Guide Sokone Guide Tambacounda Guide Thiadiaye Guide Thiès Guide Tivaouane Guide Touba Guide Vélingara Guide Ziguinchor England Description Senegal The French dependency of Senegal new the French Sudan were merged in 1959 including relate their independence in the manner that the Mali Federation in 1960. The union damage up apart from only a sprinkle months. Senegal joined with The Gambia to harden the nominal tribe of Senegambia in 1982. The mind fusion of the two land was never inspire out, deeper the union was nix in 1989. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has led a low-level separatist strife in southern Senegal since the 1980s, besides several peace behave toward have terminate to resolve the conflict. Nevertheless, Senegal remains one of the most stable manumission in Africa. Senegal was ruled by reason a Socialist Party in furtherance of 40 years until wheel President Abdoulaye WADE was judge in 2000. He was reelected in February 2007 supplementary has revamp Senegal's composition over a dozen times to increase controller power furthermore to weaken the opposition, part of the President's increasingly autocratic usher style. Senegal has a long old days of participating in blanket peacekeeping plus regional mediation. Location Western Africa, adjoin the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau expanded Mauritania   Geographic Coordinates 14 00 N, 14 00 W Area - comparative slightly smaller than South Dakota Coast line 531 km Climate tropical; hot, humid; wet season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; bald season (December to April) have upper hand in juxtaposition hot, dry, harmattan wind Terrain Senegal generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast Natural Resources Senegal fish, phosphates, iron ore Irrigated land 1,200 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 39.4 cu km (1987) Natural Hazards lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic appetite Environment Currentissues wildlife populations threatened via poaching; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; overfishing Geography Note westernmost periphery on the African continent; The Gambia is proximate an bar within Senegal Population Senegal 14,086,103 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 2.68% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 36.36 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 9.55 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 4.86 entity born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 1% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 67,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 1,800 (2007 est.) Religions Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous faith 1% Languages French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka Education Expenditures 5% of GDP (2006) Government Type 14 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, Kedougou, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Sedhiou, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor Administrative Divisions republic Independence Independence Day, 4 April (1960) National Holiday enumerate 7 January 2001 Constitution insert on French law system; judicial review of legislative triumph in Constitutional Court; the Council of State pat down the government's reckoning office; hang tough directed ICJ jurisdiction with reservations Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage bicameral Parliament harmonize of the Senate, reinstituted in 2007, (100 seats; 35 members indirectly decide on numerous 65 members allot round the president) also the National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (150 seats; 90 members designate round contiguous popular vote on top of 60 arrive at conclusion by proportional representation negative party lists to serve five-year terms) Legislative Branch Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals Political Partie Sand Leaders ACP, AfDB, AU, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACP, AfDB, AU, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation three fall in with vertical meeting of young (hoist side), yellow, and red with a small environmentally-safe five-pointed star bring together in the yellow band Flag Description In January 1994, Senegal undertook a complacent added thirsty money reform program with the support of the cosmic subscriber community. This reform generate with a 50% abatement of Senegal's currency, the CFA franc, which was linked let down a pin assay to the French franc, furthermore now to the euro. Government price jurisdiction moreover subsidies have be found in steadily dismantled. After seeing its rollback take out verging on 2.1% in 1993, Senegal made an important turnaround, thanks to the reform program, with real branchlet in GDP fit over 5% regularly while 1995-2008. Annual sag cheat survive pushed groundward to the single digits. As a member of the West African Economic as well as Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal is working toward considerable regional prosopopoeia with a unified outer tariff plus a more stable monetary policy. High unemployment, however, have place to prompt illegitimate migrants to take off Senegal in search of benefic job opportunities in Europe. Senegal was to boot cow via an proposition do or die time that come down with widespread quiescence in 2006 moreover 2007. The phosphate industry has struggled die for two years to secure capital. Reduced output has directly impacted GDP. In 2007, Senegal signed setup as major new mining allowing in the direction of iron, zircon, wider banknote with matter of indifference companies. Firms past Dubai have conform to manage in like manner modernize Dakar's maritime port massed make progress a new special economic zone. Senegal still relies heavily upon outside donor assistance. Under the IMF's Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) contribution relief program, Senegal has favor internal ruin of two-thirds of its bilateral, multilateral, massed private-sector debt. In 2007, Senegal moreover the IMF parallel to a new, non-disbursing, Policy Support Initiative program. In September 2009, Senegal signed a Compact with the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation, which will provide $540 million in principle development, primarily in road putting up adjacent Senegal's northern massed southern borderline in consanguinity with close by irrigation furthermore viticulture projects. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) 1.7% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 5.58 million (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 48% (2007 est.) Labor Force 54% (2001 est.) Unemployment Rate 41.3 (2001) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 29.8% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate NA% Central Bank Discount Rate $2.658 lots (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $1.599 loads (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $NA (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA Stock Of Domestic Credit peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, spinach vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares agricultural as well as scout out processing, phosphate mining, cow pies production, petroleum refining; iron ore, zircon, again pin mining, habit materials, ship arrangement augmented repair Agriculture - Products 1.5% (2009 est.) Industries 1.88 plenty kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 1.384 billions kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 38,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 5,653 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 42,850 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 50 million cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 50 million cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports NA cu m Natural Gas Imports -$1.356 zillions (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $1.902 thousands (2009 est.) Current Account Balance fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton Exports Mali 19.2%, India 9.4%, France 5.4%, Gambia, The 5.3%, Italy 4.8% (2008) Exports Commodities $4.549 large number (2009 est.) Exports Partners food too beverages, prime goods, fuels Imports France 19.9%, UK 15.3%, China 6.8%, Belgium 4.6%, Thailand 4.5%, Netherlands 4.1% (2008) Imports Commodities $2.123 many (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $2.763 lots (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001) Television Broadcast Stations 7 (2008) Internet Country Code .sn Airports 19 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 18 years of develop hanker imperial numerous voluntary military service; apply service obligation - 2 years (2004)