Capital: Dakar
Geographic coordinates: 14 00 N, 14 00 W
Government type: republic under multiparty democratic rule
Area:
total: 196,190 sq km
land: 192,000 sq km
water: 4,190 sq km
Religions: Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic)
Languages: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 33.1%
male: 43%
female: 23.2% (1995 est.)
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