Senegal

Senegal is a state in West Africa. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast, and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds Gambia, a country that occupies a narrow strip of land on the banks of the Gambia River that separates Senegal's southern Casamance region from the rest of the country. Senegal also has a maritime border with Cape Verde. The economic and political capital of Senegal is Dakar.

It is a unitary presidential republic and the westernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or Afro-Eurasia. It owes its name to the Senegal River, which borders it in the east and north.  Because of this story, the official language is French. Like other post-colonial African states, the country includes a wide range of ethnic and linguistic communities, the largest of which are the Wolof, Fula and Serer peoples, and the Wolof and French languages ​​act as lingua francas. Senegal is classified as a heavily indebted poor country with a relatively low human development index. Most of the population lives on the coast and works in agriculture or other food processing industries. Other major industries include mining, tourism and services. The climate is typically Sahelian, although there is also a rainy season.

Senegal is a member of the African Union, the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Sahelo-Saharan Community.