Senegal

From MaxTravelz

Senegal is a country in Western Africa. It is the westernmost country on the African continent. With a North Atlantic Ocean coastline in the west, Senegal has Guinea-Bissau to the south, Guinea to the southeast, Mali to the east, and Mauritania to the north. The Gambia is almost an enclave of Senegal in the middle of the western coast.

The Senegalese government's official website is in French.

Contents 1 Regions 2 Cities 3 Other destinations 4 Understand 4.1 Climate 4.2 Terrain 4.3 History 5 Get in 5.1 By plane 5.2 By train 5.3 By car 5.4 By bus 5.5 By boat 6 Get around 7 Talk 8 Buy 9 Eat 10 Drink 11 Sleep 12 Learn 13 Work 14 Stay safe 15 Stay healthy 16 Respect 17 Contact

Regions

There are 10 regions:

• Dakar
• Diourbel
• Fatick
• Kaolack
• Kolda
• Louga
• Saint-Louis
• Tambacounda
• Thies
• Ziguinchor
• note: there may be another region called Matam

Cities

• Dakar: Capital city
• Saint-Louis:
• Thiès:
• Kaolack:
• Ziguinchor:
• Tambacounda:
• Medina Gounaas:
• Touba:

Other destinations

Ports and harbors 

Matam, Podor, Richard Toll

Understand

Climate

Tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind; Natural hazards : lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts.

Terrain

Generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast

Highest point 

unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m

History

Independence 

4 April 1960 (from France); complete independence was achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960

National holiday 

Independence Day, 4 April (1960)

Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. However, the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. Despite peace talks, a southern separatist group sporadically has clashed with government forces since 1982. Senegal has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping.

Constitution 

a new constitution was adopted 7 January 2001

Get in

By plane

By train

By car

By bus

By boat

Get around

Taxi, taxi-clando, car-charette, transport commun (car rapides)

Talk

Languages 

French (official), Wolof, Soninke, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka

Buy

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Eat

Drink

Sleep

Learn

Work

Stay safe

What is described as a "low level" civil war is ongoing in the Casamance region of Senegal. It would be wise to avoid travel to this area.

Stay healthy

take malaria prophylactic medicine to prevent onset of the disease transmitted by Anopheles mosquito

Respect

Contact

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