Senegal
- Official Name:
- Republic of Senegal (Senegal)
- Area:
- 196.190 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 12.521.851 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 531 km
- Capital:
- Dakar
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Dakar
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Contiguous zone: 24 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- Political divisions:
- 11 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor
- Language(s):
- French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 4 April (1960)
- Nationality:
- Senegalese (singular and plural)
- Official time:
- UTC 0 .
- Member of:
- ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, ONUB, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMOVIC, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .sn
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD1.800 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 8.331.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 2% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 18,3%
- Industry: 19,2%
- Services: 62,5%
- Labor force:
- 4.749.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1990):
-
- Agriculture 77%
- Industry and services: 23%
- Unemployment rate:
- 48% (2001 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 2% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 41% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD2.023.000.000
- Expenditures: USD2.377.000.000
- Public debt:
- 17,8% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD -895.200.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 1.478.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
- Exports - Partners:
- Mali 16,9%, India 13,1%, France 9,5%, Spain 6,1%, Italy 5,5%, Gambia, The 4,6% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 2.980.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Food and beverages, capital goods, fuels
- Imports - partners:
- France 22,8%, Nigeria 11,4%, Brazil 4,5%, Thailand 4,3%, US 4,2%, UK 4% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD1.180.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 1.628.000.000 (2006)
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