Senegal
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Where it is
Languages
Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.
What it sells, and to whom
Every line is a thread: click a commodity or a partner to see who else trades in it.
Exports
Trades with
Natural resources
Industries
Farms and fisheries
- rice
- groundnuts
- watermelons
- millet
- cassava
- sugarcane
Largest cities
| Dakar capital | 2,646,503 |
| Pikine | 1,170,791 |
| Touba | 1,120,824 |
| Guédiawaye | 329,659 |
| Thiès | 317,763 |
Money, belief and alliances
Money
Belongs to
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
United Nations
World Meteorological Organization
International Civil Defence Organisation
International Development Association
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
African Union
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
UNESCO
World Health Organization
Economic Community of West African States
Interpol
World Trade Organization
Climate and geography
tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind
Climate zone
Highest point
Landmarks and landscapes
Northern hemisphere.
Land borders (5)
In charge right now
Figures from its history
Leopold Sedar Senghor
Poet and founding president
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.
Cheikh Anta Diop
Historian
Cheikh Anta Diop was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture.
Youssou N'Dour
Musician
Youssou "Madjiguène" N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and politician.
