Capital:Dakar
Population:11,126,832
Area:196,190 sq km
Climate:tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind
Languages:French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Currency:Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF)
Government:republic under multiparty democratic rule
Religions:Muslim 94%, indigenous beliefs 1%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic)
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
