Telephone system: domestic: general assessment: good system domestic: above-average urban system; microwave radio relay, coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system international: country code - 221; 4 submarine cables; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radiobroadcast stations: AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001)
Senegal (French: le Sénégal), officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa.
Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south.
Senegal is a republic with a powerful presidency; the president is elected every seven years, amended in 2001 to every five years, by universal adult suffrage.
Senegal, republic in western Africa, bounded on the north by Mauritania, on the east by Mali, on the south by Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
The northern section of Senegal is part of the Sahel, a transition zone between the Sahara on the north and the wetter regions to the south.
The population of Senegal is 11,126,832 (2005 estimate).
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