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Senegal
Senegal is a country in Western Africa with its capital in Dakar.
- Capital
- Dakar
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Population
- 18.6 million
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (Fr)
- Area
- 196,722 km²
- Borders
- 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇷 Mauritania
💡 Westernmost point of Africa; one of the continent's most stable democracies.
About the flag
It shares its colours with Mali from the short-lived Mali Federation, but Senegal added a green star as its own mark.
How to spot it: Vertical green-yellow-red with a green star in the middle; Cameroon’s star is yellow on the red stripe.
Often confused with: 🇲🇱 Mali 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇬🇳 Guinea