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Senegal
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14° N / 14° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Dakar
- Population
- 18,501,984 2024
- Area
- 196,722 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Senegal
Senegal is a country in West Africa. Formerly a French colony, it is the westernmost country in the Old World.
Landscape & landmarks
With arid desert and lush rainforests, Senegal boasts a stunning array of sights, sounds and flavours.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Other common dishes are maafe, which is a rich, oily peanut-based sauce with meat that is served over white rice. Yassa is a delicious onion sauce that is often served over rice and chicken, yassa poulet or with deep fried fish yassa jen.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-17. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Calling code
- +221
- Internet domain
- .sn
- Land border codes
- GMB, GIN, GNB, MLI, MRT
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .sn. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.