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Republic of Senegal
National name: République du Sénegal
President: Abdoulaye Wade (2000)
Prime Minister: Macky Sall (2004)
Area: 75,749 sq mi (196,190 sq km)
Note: We give
the information above in the Christian Personals Primer
so that you will have a little background on the country before
you contact a perspective mate, just in case you don't know the
basics. Perhaps this info will give you something to talk about
Population (2004 est.): 10,852,147 (growth rate: 2.5%);
birth rate: 35.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 56.5/1000; life
expectancy: 56.6; density per sq mi: 143
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Dakar,
2,476,400
Monetary unit: CFA Franc
Languages: French (official); Wolof, Pulaar,
Jola, Mandinka
Ethnicity/race: Wolof 43.3%, Fulani 23.8%,
Serer 14.7%, Diola 3.7%, Mandingo 3%, Soninke 1.1%, European and
Lebanese 1%, other 9.4%
Religions: Islam 94%, Christian 5% (mostly
Roman Catholic), indigenous 1%
Literacy rate: 40% (2003 est.)
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 234,916
(2001); mobile cellular: 373,965 (2001). Radio broadcast
stations: AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001). Radios:
1.24 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 1
(1997). Televisions: 361,000 (1997). Internet Service
Providers (ISPs): 1 (2002). Internet users: 100,000
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