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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than South Dakota
Area > Land	192,000 sq km		[85th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	196,190 sq km		[92nd of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Dakar - 1,729,823
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land	32.2%		[72nd of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	14 00 N, 14 00 W
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	12.51%		[91st of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Dakar
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	1,708,000		[61st of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Dakar - 1,729,823
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Africa
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources fish, phosphates, iron ore
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	52.35 people per sqkm		[140th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	60.55 people/m²		[121st of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Surface area > sq. km	196,720 km²		[86th of 206]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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