Senegal

• tropical;
• hot, humid;
• rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds;
• dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

total:

2.22 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%)

per capita:

221.6 cu m/yr (2002)

• wildlife populations threatened by poaching;
• deforestation;
• overgrazing;
• soil erosion;
• desertification;
• overfishing

party to:

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

noun:

Senegalese (singular and plural)

adjective:

Senegalese

at birth:

1.03 male(s)/female

0-14 years:

1.01 male(s)/female

15-24 years:

0.99 male(s)/female

25-54 years:

0.84 male(s)/female

55-64 years:

0.94 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.85 male(s)/female

total population:

0.94 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

degree of risk:

very high

food or waterborne diseases:

bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases:

dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever

water contact disease:

schistosomiasis

respiratory disease:

meningococcal meningitis

animal contact disease:

rabies (2013)

total number:

657,216

percentage:

22 % (2005 est.)

conventional long form:

Republic of Senegal

conventional short form:

Senegal

local long form:

Republique du Senegal

local short form:

Senegal

former:

Senegambia (along with The Gambia), Mali Federation

name:

Dakar

geographic coordinates:

14 44 N, 17 38 W

time difference:

UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

• previous 1959 (preindependence), 1963;
• latest adopted by referendum 7 January 2001, promulgated 22 January 2001;
• amended many times, last in 2008 (2011)

chief of state:

President Macky SALL (since 2 April 2012)

head of government:

Prime Minister Aminata TOURE (since 3 September 2013)

cabinet:

Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president; (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website)

elections:

• president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for a second term);
• election last held on 26 February 2012 with a second round runoff on 25 March 2012 (next to be held 2019);
• prime minister appointed by the president

election results:

Macky SALL elected president; percent of votes in a runoff - Macky SALL 65.8%, Abdoulaye WADE 34.2%

highest court(s):

• Highest Appeals Court or Cour de Cassation (consists of 13 judges including the court president);
• Constitutional Council (consists of 5 members including the court president, vice-president, and 3 judges)

judge selection and term of office:

Highest Appeals Court judges' tenure NA; Constitutional Council members appointed by the president of the republic to serve 6-year terms with renewal of 3 members every two years

subordinate courts:

Court of Appeals; regional and first instance courts

• African Party of Independence [Majhemout DIOP]
• Alliance for the Republic-Yakaar [Macky SALL]
• Alliance of Forces of Progress or AFP [Moustapha NIASSE]
• And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS [Landing SAVANE]
• Benno Bokk Yakaar coaltion [Macky SALL]
• Benno Siggil Senegal (a coalition of opposition parties)
• Bokk Giss Giss coalition [Pape DIOP]
• Citizen Movement for National Reform or MCRN-Bes Du Nakk
• Democratic League-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Dr. Abdoulaye BATHILY]
• Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubel or FSD/BJ [Cheikh Abdoulaye Bamba DIEYE]
• Gainde Centrist Bloc or BGC [Jean-Paul DIAS]
• Independence and Labor Party or PIT [Amath DANSOKHO]
• Jef-Jel [Talla SYLLA]
• National Democratic Rally or RND [Madior DIOUF]
• Party for Truth and Development or PVD [Ahmadou Kara MBACKE]
• People's Labor Party or PTP [El Hadji DIOUF]
• Reform Party or PR [Abdourahim AGNE]
• Republican Movement for Socialism and Democracy or MRDS
• Rewmi Party [Idrissa SECK]
• Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS [Abdoulaye WADE]
• Socialist Party or PS [Ousmane Tanor DIENG]
• SOPI Coalition [Abdoulaye WADE] (a coalition led by the PDS)
• Synergy for Ethics and Transparency [Aminata TALL]
• Union for Democratic Renewal or URD [Djibo Leyti KA]

other:

• labor;
• students;
• Sufi brotherhoods, including the Mourides and Tidjanes;
• teachers

chief of mission:

Ambassador Cheikh NIANG (since 13 July 2012)

embassy:

2215 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037

telephone:

[1] (202) 234-0540

FAX:

[1] (202) 332-6315

consulate(s) general:

Houston, New York

chief of mission:

Ambassador Lewis LUKENS (since 11 July 2011) note - also accredited to Guinea-Bissau

embassy:

Route des Almadies, Dakar

mailing address:

B. P. 49, Dakar

telephone:

[221] 33-879-4000

FAX:

[221] 33-822-2991

• three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band;
• green represents Islam, progress, and hope;
• yellow signifies natural wealth and progress;
• red symbolizes sacrifice and determination;
• the star denotes unity and hope

note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Mali and the reverse of those on the flag of neighboring Guinea

• peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables;
• cattle, poultry, pigs;
• fish

• agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining;
• iron ore, zircon, and gold mining, construction materials, ship construction and repair

agriculture:

77.5%

industry and services:

22.5% (2007 est.)

lowest 10%:

2.5%

highest 10%:

30.1% (2005)

general assessment:

good system with microwave radio relay, coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system

domestic:

• above-average urban system with a fiber-optic network;
• nearly two-thirds of all fixed-line connections are in Dakar where a call-center industry is emerging;
• expansion of fixed-line services in rural areas needed;
• mobile-cellular service is expanding rapidly

international:

• country code - 221;
• the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic cable provides connectivity to Europe and Asia while Atlantis-2 provides connectivity to South America;
• satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2010)

• state-run Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) operates 2 TV stations;
• a few private TV subscription channels rebroadcast foreign channels without providing any local news or programs;
• RTS operates a national radio network and a number of regional FM stations;
• many community and private-broadcast radio stations are available;
• transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible on FM in Dakar (2007)

total:

906 km

country comparison to the world: 92

narrow gauge:

906 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

total:

14,008 km

country comparison to the world: 125

paved:

4,099 km (includes 7 km of expressways)

unpaved:

9,909 km (2003)

total:

1

country comparison to the world: 150

by type:

passenger/cargo 1 (2010)

• 18 years of age for voluntary military service;
• 20 years of age for selective conscript service;
• service obligation is 2 years;
• women have been accepted into military service since 2008 (2013)

males age 16-49:

2,699,196

females age 16-49:

3,018,565 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49:

1,788,493

females age 16-49:

2,133,370 (2010 est.)

male:

145,509

female:

145,064 (2010 est.)

refugees (country of origin):

13,703 (Mauritania) (2013)

IDPs:

up to 24,000 (clashes between government troops and separatists in Casamance region) (2013)