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     Senegal Fact File
Capital: Dakar 
Geographic coordinates: 14 00 N, 14 00 W 
Government type: republic under multiparty democratic rule 
Area:
total: 196,190 sq km
land: 192,000 sq km
water: 4,190 sq km 
Religions: Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic) 
Languages: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka 
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 33.1%
male: 43%
female: 23.2% (1995 est.) 
 
 
Politics

Governance
Senegal is a republic under multiparty democratic rule with the president as chief of state. The president is elected by popular vote for a seven-year term. He appoints the prime minister. The government is headed by the prime minister who runs the country with a Council of Ministers appointed by him in consultation with the President. The legislative branch is the unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale with 140 members elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms. Elections were last held in February 2000. The current President is Abdoulaye Wade and the Prime Minister is Niasse Moustapha.