Senegal: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Senegal

Education

On average citizens spend 17 years in school (including higher education).

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Island of Gorée, Niokolo-Koba National Park, Island of Saint-Louis, Saloum Delta. Interesting food you need to try here: Thieboudienne.

Geography

Here are the different languages spoken in the country: French. Country territory measures 196,722 km², they use a postcode system and the main cities are: Dakar, Saint-Louis, Commune De Médina, Commune De Dakar-Plateau, Grand-Dakar. This nation's capital is Dakar and the country shares a border with Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania.

Economy

It is ranked 99# in the world with a GDP of $27,625,388,352 USD in 2021. The currency ISO code is XOF and the currency symbol is FCFA.

Population

In this country, the median age is 35.60 years and the birth growth rate is around 0.90%. There are 14,799,859 inhabitants, or 0.2% of the population of planet earth.

Good to know

For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal. The country's ISO code is SN, the domain name ".sn" is used by the country's websites, phone numbers start with +221

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