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Senegal:
Factsheet
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Country
Name: SENEGAL
Capital: Dakar
US
Contact
Chancery:
2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
 1.202.265.9717
through 9719
 1.202.332.0826
Related
Link: http://www.senegal-online.com/
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Geography
Location:
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania. Westernmost country on the African
continent; The Gambia is almost an enclave of Senegal
Total: 196,190 sq km
Land: 192,000 sq km
Water: 4,190 sq km
Geographic coordinates: 14 00 N, 14 00
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Population
10,284,929
(July 2001 est.)
Growth rate: 2.93% (2001 est.)
Birth rate: 37.46 births/1,000 population (2001
est.)
Death rate: 8.35 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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Climate
Tropical;
hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong
southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated
by hot, dry, harmattan wind
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Natural
Resources/Land Use
Fish,
phosphates, iron ore
Arable
land: 12%
Permanent crops: 0%
Permanent pastures: 16%
Forests and woodland: 54%
Other: 18% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 710 sq km (1993 est.)
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Natural
Hazards/Environmental Issues
Lowlands
seasonally flooded; periodic droughts.
Wildlife
populations threatened by poaching; deforestation; overgrazing;
soil erosion; desertification; overfishing.
Party
to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
Wetlands, Whaling
Signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping
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Economy
In January
1994, Senegal undertook a bold and ambitious economic reform
program with the support of the international donor community.
This reform began with a 50% devaluation of Senegal's currency,
the CFA franc, which is linked at a fixed rate to the French
franc. Government price controls and subsidies have been steadily
dismantled. After seeing its economy contract by 2.1% in 1993,
Senegal made an important turnaround, thanks to the reform
program, with real growth in GDP averaging 5% annually in
1995-99.
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $16 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,600
(2000 est.)
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Information
Source:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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