Outline of Senegal

See also: Index of Senegal-related articles

The Flag of Senegal

The Coat of arms of Senegal

The location of Senegal

An enlargeable map of the Republic of Senegal

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

An enlargeable topographic map of Senegal

See also: Geography of Senegal

• Senegal is: a country
• Population of Senegal: 12,379,000 - 68th most populous country
• Area of Senegal: 196,723 km²
• Atlas of Senegal

Location

• Senegal is situated within the following regions:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  • Africa
    • West Africa
• Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
• Extreme points of Senegal
  • High: unnamed feature 2.7 km southeast of Nepen Diakha 648 m (2,126 ft)
  • Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
• Land boundaries: 2,640 km

 Mauritania 813 km

 The Gambia 740 km

 Mali 419 km

 Guinea-Bissau 338 km

 Guinea 330 km

• Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 531 km

Environment of Senegal

An enlargeable satellite image of Senegal

• 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
  • Departments of Senegal
    • Arrondissements 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]

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) African Development Bank Group (AfDB) African Union (AU) African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) (associate) Conference des Ministres des Finances des Pays de la Zone Franc (FZ) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Group of 15 (G15) Group of 77 (G77) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Court (ICCt) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Migration (IOM) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Nonaligned Movement (NAM) Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Union Latine United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) Universal Postal Union (UPU) West African Development Bank (WADB) (regional) West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) World Confederation of Labour (WCL) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO)

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

• Index of Senegal-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Senegal-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography

References

1. "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.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Senegal

Government

• (in French) Gouvernement du Sénégal—Official governmental website
• Embassy of the Republic of Senegal in London government information and links
• (in French) Observatoire sur les systèmes d'information, réseaux et inforoutes

News

• Newspaper Index - Senegal Online Newspapers in Senegal
• (in French) Seneweb Senegal news
• allAfrica.com - Senegal news headline links
• SenActu - Senegal news headline links

Information Technologies (IT)

• (in French) Syklon Technologies: Société de Services en Ingenierie Informatique au Sénégal et offshore

Non-Governmental Organizations

• Africa Phonebooks-Senegal NGOs

Overviews

• BBC News Country Profile - Senegal
• CIA World Factbook - Senegal
• MSN encarta Senegal overview
• Encyclopædia Britannica's Country Page - "Senegal"
• [1]

Maps

• UN Map on Senegal

Literature

• Senegalese literature at a glance

Music

• Cora Connection West African music resources

Tourism

• Practical information on Senegal with maps, culture, articles ...
• Senegal travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Guided Tours of Senegal
• The Lonely Planet travel guide on Senegal

Ethnicity

• (in French) Senegals ethnic groups (in french)

Other

• [2]
• (in French) L'Afrique - Sénégal Hundreds of photographs and articles
• Senegal shows tolerant face of Islam ...
• Movement of the Democratic Force of Casamance
• Mineral resources of Senegal
• Senegal Photos