Outline of Senegal

The Flag of Senegal
The Coat of arms of Senegal
The location of Senegal
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Senegal:

Senegal – sovereign country located south of the Sénégal River in West Africa.[1] Senegal is bound by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south. The Gambia lies almost entirely within Senegal, surrounded on the north, east and south; from its western coast, Gambia's territory follows the Gambia River more than 300 kilometres (190 mi) inland. Dakar is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cape Verde Peninsula on the country's Atlantic coast.

General reference

An enlargeable relief map of Senegal
  • Pronunciation: /ˌsɛnɪˈɡɔːl, -ˈɡɑːl/ ⓘ
  • Common English country name: Senegal
  • Official English country name: The Republic of Senegal
  • Common endonym: Senegal
  • Official endonym: République du Senegal
  • Adjectival(s): Senegalese
  • Demonym(s):
  • International rankings of Senegal
  • ISO country codes: SN, SEN, 686
  • ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:SN
  • Internet country code top-level domain: .sn

Geography of Senegal

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Location

 Mauritania 813 km
 The Gambia 740 km
 Mali 419 km
 Guinea-Bissau 338 km
 Guinea 330 km

Environment of Senegal

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  • Climate of Senegal
  • Ecological Monitoring Centre, Senegal
  • Protected areas of Senegal
    • Biosphere reserves in Senegal
    • National parks of Senegal
  • Wildlife of Senegal
    • Fauna of Senegal
      • Birds of Senegal
      • Mammals of Senegal

Natural geographic features of Senegal

  • Glaciers in Senegal: none [2]
  • Islands of Senegal
  • Rivers of Senegal
  • World Heritage Sites in Senegal

Regions of Senegal

Ecoregions of Senegal

List of ecoregions in Senegal

Administrative divisions of Senegal

Administrative divisions of Senegal

Regions of Senegal

Regions of Senegal

Departments of Senegal

Departments of Senegal

Arrondissements of Senegal

Arrondissements of Senegal

Demography of Senegal

Demographics of Senegal

Government and politics of Senegal

Politics of Senegal

  • Form of government: semi-presidential, liberal democratic republic
  • Capital of Senegal: Dakar
  • Elections in Senegal
  • Political parties in Senegal

Branches of the government of Senegal

Government of Senegal

Executive branch of the government of Senegal

  • Head of state: President of Senegal,
  • Head of government: Prime Minister of Senegal,

Legislative branch of the government of Senegal

  • Parliament of Senegal (bicameral)
    • Upper house: Senate of Senegal
    • Lower house: House of Commons of Senegal

Judicial branch of the government of Senegal

Court system of Senegal

Foreign relations of Senegal

Foreign relations of Senegal

  • Diplomatic missions in Senegal
  • Diplomatic missions of Senegal

International organization membership

The Republic of Senegal is a member of:[1]

Law and order in Senegal

Law of Senegal

  • Constitution of Senegal
  • Human rights in Senegal
    • Abortion in Senegal
    • LGBT rights in Senegal
  • Law enforcement in Senegal

Military of Senegal

Military of Senegal

  • Command
    • Commander-in-chief:
  • Forces
    • Army of Senegal
    • Air Force of Senegal

Local government in Senegal

Local government in Senegal

History of Senegal

History of Senegal

  • Current events of Senegal
  • Serer ancient history
    • Timeline of Serer history
    • Serer history (medieval era to present)

Culture of Senegal

Culture of Senegal

  • Cuisine of Senegal
  • Languages of Senegal
  • Media in Senegal
  • National symbols of Senegal
    • Coat of arms of Senegal
    • Flag of Senegal
    • National anthem of Senegal
  • Prostitution in Senegal
  • Public holidays in Senegal
  • Religion in Senegal
    • Buddhism in Senegal
    • Hinduism in Senegal
    • Islam in Senegal
    • Serer religion
  • World Heritage Sites in Senegal

Art in Senegal

  • Cinema of Senegal
  • Literature of Senegal
  • Music of Senegal
  • Television in Senegal

Sports in Senegal

Sports in Senegal

  • Football in Senegal
  • Senegal at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Senegal

Economy of Senegal

  • Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 112th (one hundred and twelfth)
  • Agriculture in Senegal
  • Communications in Senegal
    • Internet in Senegal
  • Companies of Senegal
  • Currency of Senegal: Franc
    • ISO 4217: XOF
  • Energy in Senegal
  • Health care in Senegal
  • Mining in Senegal
  • Stock Exchange in Senegal: none – Senegal is served by the regional stock exchange Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
  • Tourism in Senegal
  • Transport in Senegal
    • Airports in Senegal
    • Rail transport in Senegal
    • Roads in Senegal
  • Water supply and sanitation in Senegal

Education in Senegal

Education in Senegal

Health in Senegal

Health in Senegal

See also

Senegal

References

  1. 1 2 "Senegal". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  2. ↑ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.

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