
| Name: | Senegal (Republic of Senegal) |
| Local name (French): | Sénégal (République de Sénégal) |
| Bordering countries: | Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 196.2 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 10 580 ths. |
| Capital: | Dakar |
| Official language: | French |