Senegal

Republic o Senegal
République du Sénégal

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Naitional motto: "Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi"Template:Nbsp(French) "Ane Fowk, Ane Goal, Ane Faith"
Offeecial leid	French
Caipital	Dakar
Lairgest ceety	caipital
Govrenment Heid o State - Prime Meenister -	Semi-presidential republic Preses Abdoulaye Wade Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
Area	196,723 km2 76,000 sq mi
Population	13,711,597
Foondin	20 August 1960
Siller	Wast African CFA franc (XOF)
Time zone	UTC
Naitional anthem	Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons
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Internet TLD	.sn
Cawin code	221

Senegal (Template:IPAc-en; French: le Sénégal), offeecially the Republic o Senegal (République du Sénégal, Template:IPA-fr), is a kintra sooth o the Sénégal River in Wast Africae. It owes its name tae the river that borders it tae the East an North an that oreeginates frae the Fouta Djallon in Guinea. Senegal is externally bundit bi the Atlantic Ocean tae the wast, Mauritanie tae the north, Mali tae the east, an Guinea an Guinea-Bissau tae the sooth; internally it amaist completely surrounds The Gambie, namely on the north, east an sooth, exemptin Gambie's short Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal covers a land aurie o amaist 197,000 square kilometres (76,000 sq mi), an haes an estimatit population o aboot 14 million. The climate is tropical wi twa saisons: the dry saison an the rainy saison.

Dakar, the caipital ceety o Senegal, is locatit at the wastrenmaist tip o the kintra on the Cap-Vert peninsula. Aboot 500 kilometres (300 mi) aff the coast, in the Atlantic Ocean, lie the Cape Verde Islands. Durin the 17t an 18t centuries, numerous tradin posts, belanging tae various colonial empires, wur established alang the coast. The toun o St Louis became the caipital o French Wastern Africae (Afrique-Occidentale française, or AOF) afore it wis moved toae Dakar in 1902. Dakar later became its caipital in 1960 at the time o unthrildom frae Fraunce.

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