Senegal

Coordinates: 14°N 14°W / 14°N 14°W / 14; -14

Senegal (/[unsupported input]ˌsɛnᵻˈɡɔːl/; French: le Sénégal), offeecially the Republic o Senegal (République du Sénégal, IPA: [ʁepyblik dy seneɡal]), 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.

Republic of Senegal République du Sénégal  (French)
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi" (French) "Ane Fowk, Ane Goal, Ane Faith"
Anthem:  Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons Iveryane strum yer koras, strik the balafons
Location o  Senegal  (dark blue) in the African Union  (light blue)
Caipital and largest city	Dakar 14°40′N 17°25′W / 14.667°N 17.417°W / 14.667; -17.417
Offeecial leids	French
Naitional leids	Balanta-Ganja Hassaniya Arabic Jola-Fonyi Mandinka Mandjak Mankanya Noon Pulaar Serer Soninke Wolof
Ethnic groups ([1])	43.3% Wolof 23.8% Fula 14.7% Serer 3.7% Jola 3.0% Mandinka 1.1% Soninke 1.0% European / Lebanese 9.4% others
Demonym(s)	Senegalese
Govrenment	Semi-presidential republic
• Preses	Bassirou Diomaye Faye
• Prime Meenister	Ousmane Sonko
Legislatur	Pairlament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Naitional Assembly
Unthirldom
• frae Frauncea	4 Apryle 1960
• Withdrawal from the Mali Federation	20 August 1960
Aurie
• Total	196,712 km2 (75,951 sq mi) (87t)
• Water (%)	2.1
Population
• 2023 estimate	18,384,660 (66nt)
• 2016 census	14,320,055[2] (73t)
• Density	93.3/km2 (241.6/sq mi) (134t)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$43.326 billion[3]
• Per capita	$2,732[3]
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Tot	$15.431 billion[3]
• Per capita	$973[3]
Gini (2011)	40.3[4] medium
HDI (2015)	0.494[5] law · 162nt
Currency	CFA franc (XOF)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
Drivin side	richt
Cawin code	+221
ISO 3166 code	SN
Internet TLD	.sn
Wi French Sudan, as the Mali Federation.

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.