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{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Senegal
| native_name = {{native name|fr|République du Sénégal|fontsize=68%}}
| common_name = Senegal
| image_flag = Flag of Senegal.svg
| image_coat = Coat of arms of Senegal.svg
| image_map = Location Senegal AU Africa.svg
|map_caption = {{map caption|countryprefix=|location_color=dark blue|region=Africa|region_color=dark grey|subregion=the [[African Union]]|subregion_color=light blue}}
| image_map2 = Senegal - Location Map (2011) - SEN - UNOCHA.svg
| national_motto = {{native phrase|fr|"Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi"|italics=off}} {{small|"One People, One Goal, One Faith"}}
| national_anthem = {{nowrap|''[[Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons]]''}} {{small|''Everyone strum your [[Kora (instrument)|kora]]s, strike the [[balafon]]s''}}
| official_languages = French
| languages_type = {{nobold|Recognised regional languages}}<ref>"La langue officielle de la République du Sénégal est le Français. Les langues nationales sont le Diola, le Malinké, le Pulaar, le Sérère, le Soninké, le Wolof et toute autre langue nationale qui sera codifiée." [http://www.gouv.sn/textes/const_detail.cfm?numero=TITREPREMIER Official website of the Senegalese government] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060725231741/http://www.gouv.sn/textes/const_detail.cfm?numero=TITREPREMIER |date=2006-07-25 }}</ref>
| regional_languages = {{hlist |[[Wolof language|Wolof]] |[[Soninke language|Soninke]] |[[Serer language|Serer]] |[[Fula language|Fula]] |[[Maninka language|Maninka]] |[[Jola languages|Jola]]}}
| ethnic_groups =
{{unbulleted list
| 43.3% [[Wolof people|Wolof]]
| 23.8% [[Fula people|Fula]]
| 14.7% [[Serer people|Serer]]
| 3.7% [[Jola people|Jola]]
| 3.0% [[Mandinka people|Mandinka]]
| 1.1% [[Soninke people|Soninke]]
| {{nowrap|1.0% [[White Africans of European ancestry|European]]{{\}}[[Lebanese people|Lebanese]]}}
| 9.4% others
}}
| ethnic_groups_year =
| demonym = Senegalese
| capital = [[Dakar]]
| latd=14 |latm=40 |latNS=N |longd=17 |longm=25 |longEW=W
| largest_city = capital
| government_type = {{nowrap|[[Semi-presidential system|Semi-presidential republic]]}}
| leader_title1 = [[List of Presidents of Senegal|President]]
| leader_name1 = [[Bassirou Diomaye Faye]]
| leader_title2 = [[Prime Minister of Senegal|Prime Minister]]
| leader_name2 = [[Ousmane Sonko]]
| legislature = [[National Assembly (Senegal)|National Assembly]]
| area_rank = 87th
| area_magnitude =
| area_km2 = 196,712
| area_sq_mi = 76,000
| percent_water = 2.1
| population_estimate = 13,567,338
| population_estimate_rank = 67th
| population_estimate_year = 2013
| population_census = 13,508,715
| population_census_year = 2013
| population_density_km2 = 68.7
| population_density_sq_mi = 177.7
| population_density_rank = 134th
| GDP_PPP = $26.574 billion<ref name=imf2>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=36&pr.y=16&sy=2009&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=722&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= |title=Senegal |publisher=International Monetary Fund |accessdate=17 April 2013}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_rank =
| GDP_PPP_year = 2012
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = $2,026<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank =
| GDP_nominal_rank =
| GDP_nominal = $13.864 billion<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_nominal_year = 2012
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $1,057<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank =
| sovereignty_type = [[History of Senegal|Independence]]
| established_event1 = from Francea
| established_date1 = 20 June 1960
| established_event2 = Withdrawal from the [[Mali Federation]]
| established_date2 = 20 August 1960
| Gini_year = 2011
| Gini_change = 
| Gini = 40.3 
| Gini_ref =<ref name="wb-gini">{{cite web |url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI/ |title=Gini Index |publisher=World Bank |accessdate=2 March 2011}}</ref>
|Gini_rank =
| HDI_year = 2013
| HDI_change = decrease
| HDI = 0.485 
|HDI_ref = <ref name="HDI">{{cite web |url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr14-summary-en.pdf |title=2014 Human Development Report Summary |date=2014 |accessdate=27 July 2014 |publisher=United Nations Development Programme | pages=21–25}}</ref>
| HDI_rank = 163rd
| currency = [[West African CFA franc|CFA franc]]
| currency_code = XOF
| country_code =
| time_zone = [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]
| utc_offset =
| time_zone_DST = | utc_offset_DST =
| drives_on = right
| calling_code = [[+221]]
| cctld = [[.sn]]
| footnote_a = With [[French Sudan]], as the [[Mali Federation]].
}}
The '''Republic of Senegal''' ([[French language|French]] ''République da Sénégal'') is a country in [[West Africa]]. The capital is [[Dakar]].
Senegal covers a land area of almost 197,000 square kilometres. It has population of about 13 million. The climate is tropical with two seasons: the dry season and the rainy cold season. Senegal was given independence by [[France]] in 1960.

Major industries are fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials, ship construction and repair. Peanuts, sugarcane, cotton, green beans, industrial tomato, cherry tomato, melon, and mango are important cash crops.

French is the official language. Since April 2012, Senegal's president has been [[Macky Sall]].

==History==
In the [[15th century]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]] people came to [[Gorée Island]] off the coast of [[Dakar]]. In the [[17th century]], [[France|French]] people and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] people came there, too. These European countries used the island as a trading post in [[slave]]s from the mainland, and was controlled by the [[Muslim]] [[Wolof]] Empires. Slavery was later made illegal by France, but soon after, around 1850, the French started to conquer the Wolof. By [[1902]] Senegal was a part of the French [[colony]] [[French West Africa]].

In January 1959, Senegal and the [[French Sudan]] became one to form the [[Mali Federation]], which became fully independent on June 20, 1960, as a result of the independence and transfer of power agreement signed with France on April 4, 1960. This did not last long and Senegal and [[Mali]] broke apart into separate nations. Between 1982 and 1989, Senegal and [[The Gambia]] joined together to make [[Senegambia]].

==Geography==
In the north of Senegal is the [[Senegal River]]. To the north of the river is [[Mauritania]]. The nation borders [[Mali]] in the east, [[Guinea-Bissau]] in the south, and [[Guinea]] in the south-east. [[The Gambia]] is another country inside of Senegal, along the [[Gambia River]]. It is about 300 km long.

The north of Senegal is part of the [[Sahel]]. The highest mountain is 581 m high. The rainy season is between [[June]] and [[October]]. The average temperature on the coast is about 24° C, and inland about 27° C.

===Regions===

* [[Dakar Region|Dakar]]
* [[Diourbel Region|Diourbel]]
* [[Fatick Region|Fatick]]
* [[Kaffrine Region|Kaffrine]]
* [[Kaolack Region|Kaolack]]
* [[Kédougou Region|Kédougou]]
* [[Kolda Region|Kolda]]
* [[Louga Region|Louga]]
* [[Matam Region|Matam]]
* [[Saint-Louis Region|Saint-Louis]]
* [[Sédhiou Region|Sédhiou]]
* [[Tambacounda Region|Tambacounda]]
* [[Thiès Region|Thiès]]
* [[Ziguinchor Region|Ziguinchor]]

==References==
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{{Africa}}

[[Category:Senegal| ]]
[[Category:French-speaking countries]]
[[Category:Least developed countries]]
[[Category:Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]]

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