Maritime
Claims
Contiguous
zone: 24 nm
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Territorial
sea: 12 nm
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Continental
shelf: 200 nm, or to the edge
of the continental margin |
International
disputes: short section of the boundary with The
Gambia is indefinite |
| Exclusive
economic zone: 200 nm |
Boundary
with Mauritania in dispute. |
Geography
In climate,
Sénégal is tropical; hot, humid. It has a rainy season
(June to October) which has strong southeast winds; and,
a dry season (November to May) dominated by the hot, dry
harmattan wind.
Terrain
Generally
low
Rolling, plains rising to foothills
in southeast |
Natural
hazards
Lowlands
seasonally flooded
Periodic droughts |
Natural
resources
Fish
Phosphates
Iron ore
Gold
Oil, offshore |
Land
use
Arable
land: 27%
Permanent crops: 0%
Meadows and pastures: 30%
Forest and woodland: 31%
Other: 12%
Irrigated land: 1,800 sq km (1989 est.) |
Environment
Current
issues:
Wildlife populations threatened by poaching
Deforestation
Overgrazing
Soil erosion
Desertification
Overfishing |
International
Agreements Biodiversity
Climate Change
Endangered Species
Hazardous Wastes
Law of the Sea
Marine Life Conservation
Nuclear Test Ban
Ozone Layer Protection
Wetlands
Whaling
Signed,
but not ratified
Desertification
Marine Dumping
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People
Population
9,007,080,
(July 1995 est.) |
Age
Structure
0-14 years: 45% (female 2,004,514; male
2,021,251)
15-64 years: 52% (female 2,398,609; male
2,301,236)
65 years and over: 3% (female 140,128; male
141,342), (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 3.12%, (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 42.87 births/1,000 population, (1995
est.)
Death rate: 11.64 deaths/1,000 population, (1995
est.)
Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000
population, (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 73.6 deaths/1,000 live
births, (1995 est.) |
Life
expectancy at birth
Total population: 57.16 years
Male: 55.65 years
Female: 58.71 years, (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 6.03 children born/woman,
(1995 est.) |
Literacy
Total population: 27%
Male: 37%
Female: 18% |
Labor
force
2.509 million
(77% are engaged in subsistence farming; 175,000
wage earners) |
By
occupation
Private sector 40%
Government and parapublic 60% |
Nationality
Noun: Sénégalese (singular and plural)
Adjective: Sénégalese |
Ethnic
divisions
Wolof 36%
Fulani 17%
Serer 17%
Toucouleur 9%
Diola 9%
Mandingo 9%
European and Lebanese 1%
Other 2% |
Religions
Muslim 92%
Indigenous beliefs 6%
Christian 2%, (mostly Roman Catholic) |
Languages
French
(official)
Wolof
Pulaar
Diola
Mandingo |
Government
Names
Conventional
long form: Republic of Sénégal
Conventional short form: Sénégal
Local long form: République du Sénégal
Local short form: Sénégal |
Type
Republic
under multiparty democratic rule |
Capital
Dakar |
Administrative
divisions
10
regions: Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack,
Kolda, Louga, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies,
Ziguinchor |
Independence
4 April
1960 (from France).
National holiday: Independence Day First
President after independence was the founder of
Négritude, Leopold Sédar Senghor, poet and
philosopher
The
Gambia and Senegal signed an agreement on 12
December 1981 that called for the creation of a
loose confederation to be known as Senegambia,
but the agreement was dissolved on 30 September
1989)
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Constitution
3 March
1963, revised 1991 |
Legal
system
Based
on French civil law system.
Judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme
Court, which also audits the government's
accounting office.
Has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
Suffrage
18
years of age
Universal |
Head
of government
Prime
Minister Habib Thiam (since 7 April 1991) |
Seats
(120 total)
PS 84
PDS 27
LD-MPT 3
Let Us Unite Sénégal 3
PIT 2
UDS-R 1 |
Cabinet
Council
of Ministers
Appointed by the prime minister in consultation
with the president |
Judicial
branch
Supreme
Court |
Political
parties and leaders
Sénégalese
Democratic Party (PDS),
Abdoulaye Wade
President since April 1, 2000
Elected President since March 19th, 2000Socialist
Party (PS),
President Abdou Diouf
President from 1981 to March 2000
Democratic
League-Labor Party Movement (LD-MPT),
Dr. Abdoulaye Bathily
Independent
Labor Party (PIT),
Amath Dansokho
Sénégalese
Democratic Union-Renewal (UDS-R),
Mamadou Puritain Fall
Let Us
Unite Sénégal (coalition of African Party for
Democracy and Socialism and National Democratic
Rally)
Other
small uninfluential parties
Other
political or pressure groups
Students; teachers; labor; Muslim Brotherhoods
Senate
60 senators, 48 elected and 12 nominated by the President, 3 of those elected represent the Senegalese abroad:
Amadou Thiam-USA,
Mamadou Ly-France,
Bouna Dieng-Cote D'Ivoire
The senate was dissolved on January 23, 2001 with the government passing the new constitution; President Abdoulaye Wade has expressed his desire to have a new structure which will be called The High Council of the Republic; details will soon be given.
National Assembly
Refer to Legislative Elections of 2001 section below.
Flag
Three
equal vertical bands of green (hoist side),
yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed
star centered in the yellow band. Uses the
popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
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Member
of:
ACCT,
ACP, AFDB, CCC, CEAO, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-1
5, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,
ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM
(observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNAMIR,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIH, UNOMUR,
UPU, WADB, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Parliament
Bicameral system
Dix partis représentés à la future Assemblée Nationale
Proclamation des résultats par la commission de recensement de votes
Dakar, (APS) - La commission nationale de recensement des votes a proclamé vendredi soir les résultats provisoires des élections législatives du 29 avril dernier. Ils se présentent comme suit:- Inscrits: 2.802.253
- Votants: 1.888.911
- Bulletins nuls: 11.075
- Suffrages exprimes: 1.877.836
- Participation: 67,41%
Ont obtenu:- Coalition "Sopi": 931.144 voix (49,59%), soit 89 sièges
- Alliance des Forces de Progrès (AFP): 303.012 voix (16,14%), soit 11 sièges
- Parti Socialiste: 325.979 voix (17,36%), soit 10 sièges
- Union pour le Renouveau Démocratique (URD): 68.956 voix (3,67%), soit 3 sièges
- And Jëf/Parti Africain pour la Démocratie (Aj/Pads): 76.083 voix (4,05%), soit 2 sièges
- Parti Libéral Sénégalais (PLS): 17.232 voix (0,92%), soit 1 siège
- Parti pour le Progrès et la Citoyenneté (PPC): 17.119 voix (0,91%), soit 1 siège
- Alliance Jëf Jël: 15.041 voix (0,80%), soit 1 siège
- Rassemblement National Démocratique: 13.279 voix (0,71%), soit 1 siège
- Parti de l’Indépendance et du Travail (PIT): 10.854 voix (0,58%), soit 1 siège
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Legislative Elections of 2001
Sénégal-Législatives-RES
Dix partis représentés à la future Assemblée Nationale
Dakar, (APS) - Dix partis politiques contre onze durant la précédente législature seront représentés dans la future Assemblée Nationale du Sénégal qui sera mise en place, dès après la proclamation officielle des résultats officiels des législatives par le Conseil Constitutionnel.
Selon les résultats officiels provisoires rendus publics vendredi par la commission nationale de recensement des votes, la coalition Sopi qui a raflé 89 des 120 sièges de députés mis en jeu lors du l’URD (3) et de AJ/PADS (2).
Les cinq autres formations politiques (PLS, PPC, PIT, Alliance Jëf/Jël et RND) auront chacune un seul député à l’hémicycle de la place Sowéto.
Ces résultats sont provisoires et les partis politiques ont cinq jours pour introduire des recours auprès du Conseil Constitutionnel qui rendra un avis définitif après l'examen des éventuels recours.
A ce propos, l'Union pour la République avait déjà, par la voix de son Secrétaire Général, Me Doudou Ndoye, promis de déposer dès aujourd'hui un recours en annulation des élections législatives, de mme que l'Alliance des Forces de Progrès (AFP) de l’ex-Premier Ministre, M. Moustapha Niasse.
Pour ce dernier parti, ses recours portent sur la régularité du scrutin à Kaolack, à Kaffrine et à Gossas.
Vingt cinq partis dont une coalition avaient pris part aux élections législatives anticipées de dimanche dernier.
Les informations de la journée du 08 mai 2001
- Sénégal-Législatives-Portrait
- Sénégal-Elections-PRC
- Nguirane Ndiaye du PDS: le courage récompensé
- Djiby Cissé, député sopiste: "j'ai pris une revanche sur le Parti Socialiste"
Dakar, (APS) - Djiby Cissé, un transfuge du P.S., qui vient d’tre élu député sur la liste départementale de Tambacounda de la coalition Sopi ne regrette rien.
(Pour avoir le texte intégral contacter le Service Commercial de l'APS).
Sénégal-Elections-PRC
Le PPC satisfait malgré un mauvais score
Saint-Louis, (APS) - La convention régionale du Parti pour le Progrès et la Citoyenneté (PPC) a tenu dimanche à Saint-Louis avec son comité électoral une réunion d’évaluation et d'analyses des résultats provisoires des élections législatives anticipées du 29 avril 2001.
(Pour avoir le texte intégral contacter le Service Commercial de l'APS).
Sénégal-Législatives-Portrait
Nguirane Ndiaye du PDS: le courage récompensé
Thiès, (APS) - M. Nguirane Ndiaye, qui conduisait la liste de la coalition Sopi dans le département de Thiès, est un vieux militant de la première heure du Parti Démocratique Sénégalais (PDS), qui voit ses efforts, son abnégation, son courage et sa foi envers le prophète du Sopi, Ma”tre Abdoulaye Wade, aujourd’hui récompensés avec la brillante victoire de sa liste aux dernières élections législatives.
(Pour avoir le texte intégral contacter le Service Commercial de l'APS).
Les informations de la journée du 10 mai 2001
Sénégal-Législatives-Sopi
Modou Diagne Fada confirme le dép™t d'un recours
Dakar, (APS) - La coalition Sopi a effectivement déposé un recours "pour obtenir l'annulation de l’élection de quatre députés.", a déclaré mercredi à Dakar M. Modou Diagne Fada, porte parole du Parti Démocratique Sénégalais (PDS).
(Pour avoir le texte intégral contacter le Service Commercial de l'APS). |
Economy
In 1994,
Sénégal embarked on its most concerted structural
adjustment effort yet to exploit the 50% devaluation of
the currencies of the 14 Francophone African nations
The government
passed a liberalized labor code which should
significantly help lower the cost of labor and improve
the manufacturing sector's competitiveness. Inroads also
have been made in closing tax loopholes and eliminating
monopoly power in several sectors. The government is
holding the line on current fiscal expenditure under the
watchful eyes of international organizations on which it
depends for substantial support.
A bumper peanut
crop, Senegal's main source of foreign exchange,
coincided with an improvement of international prices
resulting in a doubling of earnings in 1994 over 1993.
National
Product
GDP
Purchasing
power parity - $12.3 billion (1993 est.)
National product real growth rate: -2% (1993
est.)
National product per capita: $1,450 (I 993 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): -1.8% (1991
est.)
Unemployment rate: NA% |
Budget
Revenues:
$1.2 billion
Expenditures: $1.2 billion
This includes capital expenditures of $269
million (1992 est.) |
Exports
$904
million (f.o.b., 1991 est.) |
Imports
$1.2
billion (c.l.f., 1991 est.) |
Partners
France
Other EC countries
Coté d'Ivoire
Mali
Nigeria
Coté d'Ivoire
Algeria
China
Japan |
Commodities
Fish;
Ground nuts (peanuts); Petroleum products;
Phosphates; Cotton; Foods and beverages; Consumer
goods; Capital goods; Petroleum |
External
debt
$2.9
billion (1990) |
Industrial
production
Growth
rate 1.9% (1991 )
This accounts for 15% of GDP |
Electricity
Capacity:
230,000 kW
Production: 720 million kWh
Consumption per capita: 79 kWh (1993) |
Industries
Agricultural
and fish processing
Phosphate mining
Petroleum refining
Building materials |
Agriculture
20% of GDP |
Major
products
Peanuts (cash crop); Millet Corn; Sorghum; Rice;
Cotton; Tomatoes; Green vegetables
Estimated two-thirds self-sufficient in food
Fish catch of 354,000 metric tons in 1990 |
Economic
aid
US
commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $551
million
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-89), $5.23 billion
OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $589 million
Communist countries (1970-89), $295 million |
Currency
1 CFA
franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Communauté Financière Africaine
francs (CFAF) per US $l
505.00 (October, 1996)
529.43 (1995)
555.20 (1994)
283.16 (1993
264.69 (1992)
282.11 (1991)
272.26 (1990)Note:
the official rate is pegged to the French franc,
and beginning 12 January 1994, the CFA franc was
devalued to CFAF 100 per French franc from CFAF
50 at which it had been fixed since 1948
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Transportation
Railroads
Total:
905 km
Narrow gauge: 905 km 1.000-meter gauge (70 km
double track) |
Highways
Total:
14,007 km
Paved: 3,777 km
Unpaved: crushed stone, improved earth 10,230 km |
Ports
Dakar
Kaolack
Matam
Podor
Richard-Toll
Saint-Louis
Ziguinchor |
Inland
waterways
897 km
total
785 km on the Senegal
112 km on the Saloum |
Airports
New
international airport, near Dakar, to be built in
the near future
Total: 24
Paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
Paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
Paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
Unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 4
Unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 7 |
Merchant
marine
Total:
1 bulk ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,995
GRT/3,775 DWT
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Communications
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Defense
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Internet
SONATEL
(soon to be privatized government
agency for telecommunications) Telephone
system
GSM
System, 900 MH
NA telephones
Above-average urban system
Cellular system available
Local: NA
Intercity: microwave and cable
International: 3 submarine cables; 1 INTELSAT
(Atlantic Ocean) earth station
Radio
broadcast stations:
AM: 8
FM: Dakar-FM, Sud-FM, Radio Nostalgie, Dounya,
Shortwave
Television:
1, RTS (Government-sponsored)
The
government is in the process of granting licenses
for other independent television stations.
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Branches
Army
Navy
Air Force
National Gendarmerie
National Police (Surété Nationale) Manpower
availability
Males
age 15-49: 2,021,019
Males fit for military service: 1,054,855
Males reach military age (18) annually 96,589
(1995 est.)
Defense
expenditures
Exchange
rate conversion: $134 million, 2.1% of GDP (1993)
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Langues du
Sénégal
| Arabic |
Bainouk |
Balantya |
Bambara |
| Basari
|
Bayot |
Budik |
Crioulo |
| Ejamat |
Elun |
French |
Fulacunda |
| Fulbe
Jerri |
Fuuta
Jalon |
Ganja |
Gusilay |
| Hassaniya |
Her |
Jahanka |
Jola-Fogny |
| Jola-Kasa |
Karon |
Kasanga |
Kassonke |
| Kobiana |
Konyagi |
Kwatay |
Lehar |
| Malinke |
Mandinka |
Mandyak |
Mankanya |
| Mlomp |
Ndut |
Non |
Palor |
| Safen |
Serere-Sine |
Soninke |
Toucouleur |
| Upper
Guinea |
Wolof |
Yalunka |
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