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  Senegal - Search View - MSN Encarta
Senegal, republic in western Africa, bounded on the north by Mauritania, on the east by Mali, on the south by Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
The northern section of Senegal is part of the Sahel, a transition zone between the Sahara on the north and the wetter regions to the south.
The population of Senegal is 11,987,121 (2006 estimate).
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 Profile - Senegal
The population of Senegal (1998 estimate) is 9,723,149.
Education in Senegal is, in theory, compulsory for all children between the ages of 7 and 13.
Senegal is a republic, governed under a constitution promulgated in 1963 and subsequently amended.
www.inadev.org /profile_-_senegal.htm   (2302 words)

  
 USAID/Senegal Geography Data Page
The Faleme River delineates part of the eastern border with Mali; Guinea and Guinea-Bissau are Senegal's southern neighbors, and The Gambia forms an enclave of 11,295 km square along the Gambia River in the southern part of Senegal.
Senegal's topography is relatively flat except for moderate relief in the southeast.
The population of Senegal is estimated (1988) at 6.88 million with an annual growth rate of 2.7 percent (République du Sénégal, 1988).
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 Senegal TRANSPORTATION
Of Senegal's estimated 14,576 km (9,058 mi) of classified roads in 1999, some 4,271 km (2,654 mi) were tarred.
The Senegal River, which has a sandbar across its mouth, is navigable by shallow-draft vessels all year round from Saint-Louis to Podor (225 km/140 mi), and between August and October as far as Kayes in Mali (924 km/574 mi).
Air Senegal is 50% owned by the government and 40% by Air Afrique, in which Senegal also holds a 7% share.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Senegal-TRANSPORTATION.html   (426 words)

  
 Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Senegal
Senegal is one of the few African countries with a long-standing democratic tradition.
Senegal's wages and prices score is 1 point better this year; however, its fiscal burden of government score is 0.1 point worse, its banking and finance score is 1 point worse, and its informal market score is 0.5 point worse.
Senegal is a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which imposes a common external tariff with four rates: 0 percent, 5 percent, 10 percent, and 20 percent.
www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Senegal   (1088 words)

  
 Telecom and Transportation in Senegal
Airports in Senegal Africa - with paved runways:
Airports in Senegal West Africa- with unpaved runways:
1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance rivers) (2005)
www.joinafrica.com /countries1/Senegal/tandt.htm   (122 words)

  
 Top20Senegal.com - Your Top20 Guide to Senegal!
Senegal is a republic with a powerful presidency; the president is elected every seven years, amended in the 2001 to every five years, by universal adult suffrage.
Senegal also has 65 political parties which contribute to development of the country through working towards a successful transition to democracy in the country, and even among other developing countries on the African continent.
This reform began with a 50 percent devaluation of Senegal's currency, the CFA franc, which was linked at a fixed rate to the former French franc and now to the euro.
www.top20senegal.com   (1540 words)

  
 Dakar, Senegal
Dakar is Senegal's primary port for agricultural goods, and industrial center for processing the agricultural goods that dominate the national economy.
Senegal is now trying to reestablish a sea route from Dakar to Ziguinchor after the ferry connecting the two cities capsized in 2002.
Senegal, known as one of sub-Saharan Africa's most stable and democratic countries, is the site of many regional and global NGOs and businesses, and international conferences take place in Dakar on a regular basis.
www.macalester.edu /geography/courses/geog261/dakar/connect.html   (641 words)

  
 Senegal - Gurupedia
1959, Senegal and the French Sudan merged to form the Mali Federation, which became fully independent on June 20, 1960, as a result of the independence and the transfer of power agreement signed with France on
This reform began with a 50% devaluation of Senegal's currency, the CFA franc, which was linked at a fixed rate to the former French
Lebanese reside in Senegal, mainly in the cities.
www.gurupedia.com /s/se/senegal.htm   (821 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Senegal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Senegal was one of the first African countries to engage in privatisation of key...
Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia on February 1 1982.
Senegal is located on the west of the African continent.
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 NationMaster - Statistics on Senegal. 1467 facts and figures, stats and information on Senegalese economy, crime, ...
Independent from France in 1960, Senegal was ruled by the Socialist Party for forty years until current President Abdoulaye WADE was elected in 2000.
Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982, but the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989.
I am doing a report on senegal because i like africa and people that live in it.
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 Senegal: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Senegal is mainly a low-lying country, with a semidesert area in the north and northeast and forests in the southwest.
Senegal, river, Africa - Senegal, river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed in SW Mali, W Africa, by the confluence of the...
Progress and potential in Senegal: it was highly appropriate for the North and West Africa Oil and Gas Upstream Conference to be held......
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 Transport in Senegal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
August 2006 - RITES of India to supply 5 metre-gauge locomotives, with vacuum brakes converted to air brakes.
897 km total; 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum river
Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transportation_in_Senegal   (222 words)

  
 Senegal Travel | Guide to travelling Senegal | Travellerspoint
When Senegal defeated France in the soccer World Cup 2002, the president declared a public holiday.
For a Bel-Air experience of a completely different variety, Senegal's Point de Bel-Air is just one of the numerous perfect beaches the country has to offer.
Senegal is blessed with fertile land and a tremendous population of migrating birds, making it a nature lover's paradise.
www.travellerspoint.com /destination.cfm?country=Senegal   (327 words)

  
 Senegal Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide
Tropical Senegal is lauded for beauties both natural and urbane.
Most of them head to Senegal for its stunning coastline, where lazy beach days can be followed by cocktail-fuelled nights.
Disclaimer: We've tried to make the information on this web site as accurate as possible, but it is provided 'as is' and we accept no responsibility for any loss, injury or inconvenience sustained by anyone resulting from this information.
www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/africa/senegal   (317 words)

  
 Map Of Senegal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
If you would like to use this map of Senegal or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
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If you would like to use this information for Senegal or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
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 Senegal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Fraud is prevalent in Senegal and U.S. citizens are often the target of scams that may cause both financial loss and physical harm.
Medications may be obtained at pharmacies throughout Dakar and in other areas frequented by tourists, and are usually less expensive than in the U.S. Travelers should carry a supply of any needed prescription medicines, along with copies of the prescriptions, including the generic name for the drugs, and a supply of preferred over-the-counter medications.
Engaging in sexual conduct with children or using or disseminating child pornography in a foreign country is a crime, prosecutable in the United States.
travel.state.gov /travel/senegal.html   (3536 words)

  
 Public transportation in Senegal
To travel in the country, the public transportation the most frequently used is the bus or the taxi-brousse.
To travel between cities is done by taxi-brousse or big Mercedes buses ("Ndiaga Ndiaye"), going to the bus station (gare routiere) Pompier in Dakar.
The famous car-rapide Renault (see picture) assure the urban public transport in the large cities, in competition with the "Dakar Dem Dikk" bus company, that started activate on January 1st 2001, replacing SOTRAC.
www.au-senegal.com /transport_en/bus.htm   (240 words)

  
 Senegal Transportation Tips by johnsakura - VirtualTourist.com
Senegal, since 2001 has a law that everycar older than 4 years will need this document that veen embassies around the world dont know it actually exists, so make sure you have it if you have a car older than 4 years.
Roads in Senegal are BAD on the way from the Border Rosso north, to Saint Louis, you have +-100km of roadds full of craters.
The road heading North aside the Senegal River all the way to Ouro Sogui and Matam is in really bad shape, better to go off the road than actually going on the few asfalt left on the track.
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 Senegal maps from Omni Resources, world leaders in map supply.
Senegal maps from Omni Resources, world leaders in map supply.
This map shows the transportation network including ferries and railways, with road distances marked between intermediate junctions.
Also shown are parks, reserves, hydrographic features and tourist information details such as gas stations, hostels, mosques, post offices, ruins and three different classes of airport.
www.omnimap.com /catalog/int/senegal.htm   (228 words)

  
 Mauritania
Covering an area of 398,000 square miles (1,030,800 square kilometers), it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and south, and Senegal to the southwest.
The Senegal River valley in the south is the only region with adequate precipitation for farming 25 inches (64 centimeters) annually.
The Senegal River is navigable for part of the year.
www.geocities.com /macosmet/mauritania.html   (868 words)

  
 Senegal and Gambia to arrange transportation dispute - Pravda.Ru
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was in the Senegalese capital Friday to mediate talks aimed at resolving a transportation dispute between Senegal and Gambia.
The tiny nation of Gambia juts into the middle of Senegal, separating the producers in the larger country's tropical, agrarian south from consumers in the arid, industrial north.
The newly elected Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira also arrived Friday for separate talks with his defeated presidential election rival Malam Bacai Sanha and Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on the current political situation in Bissau, a Senegalese government official said on condition of anonymity saying he was not authorized to talk on the issue.
english.pravda.ru /world/2005/10/21/65855_.html   (512 words)

  
 CIA -- The World Factbook -- Senegal
After seeing its economy contract by 2.1% in 1993, Senegal made an important turnaround, thanks to the reform program, with real growth in GDP averaging 5% annually in 1995-99.
As a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), Senegal is working toward greater regional integration with a unified external tariff.
On the negative side, Senegal faces deep-seated urban problems of chronic unemployment, juvenile delinquency, and drug addiction.
www.bondtalk.com /factbook2001/geos/sg.html   (983 words)

  
 Senegal on the Internet
Futa Toro, Senegal and Mauritania ("The Fulbe people have played a prominent role in West African history, and a complete background on the Fuuta Tooro Oral History Project is available." Plus interviews in Pulaar).
ISOC Senegal is the Senegal chapter of the international Internet Society.
Senegal in the Classroom - NEH Francophone Institute in Senegal
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/sene.html   (7768 words)

  
 Senegal, Map and Flag
After seeing its economy contract by 2.1% in 1993, Senegal made an important turnaround, thanks to the reform program, with real growth in GDP averaging 5% annually during 1995-2002.
Annual inflation had been pushed down to less than 1%, but rose to an estimated 3.3% in 2001 and 3.0% in 2002.
Senegal also realized full Internet connectivity in 1996, creating a miniboom in information technology-based services.
www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Senegal.html   (1091 words)

  
 Senegal : Travel Health - WrongDiagnosis.com
Please note that this health information about Senegal may be out-of-date.
Always research the current health conditions and issues in any region you plan to visit prior to departure.
The following health concerns or medical diseases are less commonly found in Senegal compared to the USA and other areas of the Western World:
www.wrongdiagnosis.com /travel-health/senegal.htm   (560 words)

  
 Senegal - Facts
More information about Senegal including positions in various world rankings
Despite peace talks, a southern separatist group sporadically has clashed with government forces since 1982.
The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau attempt to stem refugees, cross border raids, arms smuggling, and political instability from a separatist movement in Senegal's Casamance region
www.aneki.com /facts/Senegal.html   (707 words)

  
 1Up Travel > Senegal Transportation - Transportation in Senegal.
1Up Travel > Senegal Transportation - Transportation in Senegal.
note: 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum river
We encourage you to verify any critical information with the relevant authorities before you travel.
www.1uptravel.com /international/africa/senegal/transportation.html   (104 words)

  
 Summary of Bilaterals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Signed October 10, 2000 by U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater and Reinhard Klimmt, the Minister of Transport, Building and Housing of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Amends the Protocol of May 23, 1996, and is an important extension of the liberal aviation regime already in existence between the United States and Germany.
Memorandum of Understanding Between the Department of Transportation of the United States of America and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of the United Mexican States on the Planning Process for Transport on Each Side of the Border
www.dot.gov /affairs/bilaterals.htm   (1188 words)

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