Senegal

LOCATION: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea Bissau and Mauritania

AREA: 196, 722 sq km

CAPITAL: Dakar

POPULATION: 13, 711, 597

BIRTH RATE: 36.84 births/1,000

DEATH RATE: 9.75 deaths/1,000

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 59 years

RELIGION: Muslim 94%, Christian 5%, indigenous beliefs 1%

LANGUAGES: French (official), Wolof, Polaar, Jola, Mandinka

LITERACY RATE: age 15 and above can read and write: (Male: 51.1%) (Female: 29.2%)