SENEGAL
(Republic of Senegal)

Capital: Dakar

Flag: the flag represents a tricolor of green, yellow and red vertical strips; in the center of a yellow strip - a green star.

Anthem: There begins "Penz, Tos, Vosh корас, Frappez le balafon" ("Bark your plows, hit against balafons").

MONETARY AND CREDIT BLOCK: The national currency of franchizing (CFA Fr) is national currency. There are coins from 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 500 CFA francs and the banknote from 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 and 10000 CFA francs. CFA Fr1 = $0,00191 (or $1 = CFA Fr522.78) as of 2005.

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: the metric system is the legal standard.

HOLIDAYS: New year, on January 1; Independence Day, on April 4; Labor Day, on May 1; Day of association, on July 14; Assumption, on August 15; All Saints' Day, on November 1; Christmas, on December 25. Moveable religious feasts include "Id al-Fitr", "Id al-'Adha", Milad an-Nabi, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Rise and Pentecost on Monday.

TIME: GMT.

ARRANGEMENT, SIZE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Located in the western part of Africa, Senegal has the land plot of 196 190 sq.km (75 749 quarter. Miles), 690 km long (429 miles) and 406 km (252 miles) of a не-sw. Rather, the area occupied with Senegal is a little less, than in the State of South Dakota. It borders on Russians and singers of Mauritania, across Mali, across Guinea and Guinea-Bissau and also across the Atlantic Ocean. Its most western point also belongs to the African continent. On ne the border is established river Senegal, and down the river to Falema. Senegal surrounds the long, narrow Republic of The Gambia from three parties. Total length of border of Senegal is 3,171 km (1,970 miles) from which 531 km (330 miles) are the coastline.
The capital of Senegal, Dakar, is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

TOPOGRAPHY

The northern part of the coast of Senegal has dunes from Kap-Vert to St. Louis, and in the south - dirty estuariya. Behind the coast there is a sandy plain which stretches for the North to the floodplain of the river Senegal. The region Kazamans in the south isolated from other part of Senegal by the Republic of The Gambia is low, but more various on a relief, and in the southeast the Foothills of Tamgu which rise by the maximum height of 581 m (1,906 feet) lie, the Most part of the northwest of Senegal (known as Ferlo) is a semi-desert, but the center and the most part of the South, except for Kazamans's wood, are the open country of the savanna. The main rivers - Senegal, Saloum, Gambi and Kazamans-potok from the East on the West.

CLIMATE

Temperatures the lowest along the coast and the highest internal; heavy rain the highest in the south and the lowest in the north. A damp season which lasts from June to October, well in the north longer in the south, especially near the southwest coast. The average annual amount of precipitation fluctuates from 34 cm (13 inches) in Podor on Far North up to 155 cm (61 inches) on Ziginshor, in the southwest. In Dakar on average 57 cm (22 inches); in Tambacounda, in an interior, it makes 94 cm (37 inches).