Western Africa
Senegal
Republic of Senegal
Core facts
- Capital
- Dakar
- Population
- 18,593,258
- Area
- 196,722 km^2
- Country code
- SEN
- Flag emoji
- 🇸🇳
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 94.5 per km^2
- Calling code
- +221
Culture and society
- Languages
- French
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- Sénégal
- Demonyms (EN)
- Senegalese / Senegalese
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC
- Alternative spellings
- SN, Republic of Senegal, République du Sénégal
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- 14.00, -14.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- GMB, GIN, GNB, MLI, MRT
- Border countries count
- 5
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- West African CFA franc (Fr)
- Top-level domain
- .sn
- FIFA code
- SEN
- Capital coordinates
- 14.73, -17.63
- Postal code format
- #####
- Gini index
- 40.3 (2011)
- Coat of arms
