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Senegal

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People are called
Senegalese
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+221
Capital
Dakar
Population
16,876,720
Area
196,722 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
West African CFA franc
Languages
French, Wolof, Pulaar
Sells
gold, refined petroleum, phosphoric acid, fish
Sells to
Mali 21%, India 12%, Switzerland 11%
Land borders
5: The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+221
Founded
1960
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Senegalese

These are English demonyms for people from Senegal. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Senegal yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

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Largest cities

Dakar  capital 2,646,503
Pikine 1,170,791
Touba 1,120,824
Guédiawaye 329,659
Thiès 317,763

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Presidential republic.

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

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Leopold Sedar Senghor
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
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
Youssou N'Dour Musician Youssou "Madjiguène" N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and politician.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: past leaders.