Senegal

Population: 10,284,929 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka

Background: Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. However, the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. Despite...

Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF, No information)

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