SENEGAL

RELIGION

ETHNIC GROUPS (IN PERCENT)

LANGUAGE

• Official Language: French
• Most people speak their ethnic language
• Several senegalese languages are considered national
• Including: Balanta-Ganja, Hassaniyya, Jola-Fonyi, Mandinka, Mandjak,
• Mankanya, Noon (Serer-Noon), Pulaar, Serer, Soninke, and Wolof.

CITIES

• Capital: Dakar
• Dakar is the largest city in Senegal, with over two million residents.
• The second most populous city is Touba, with half a million

DAKAR

• population of 1,030,594
• Home to about 42% of the county's population

HEALTH

• Life expectancy: 57.5 years
• About 6 physicians for every 100,000 people
• Infant mortality rate: 77 deaths for every 1,000 births

MAJOR INDUSTRIES

• Includes processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production,
• petroleum refining, construction materials, ship construction, and repair.
• cash crops: peanuts, sugarcane, cotton, green beans,
• industrial tomato, cherry tomato, melon, and mango

CUISINE

• Fish important mostly due to it bordering the Atlantic Ocean
• No pork used in cooking because of muslim beliefs
• Buy , a fruit also know as "monkey tree bread" used to make juices
• Cuisine strongly influenced by their french background

HOSPITALITY

• Strong part of Senegal's indentity
• The wolof word for hospitality is teranga
• This word is also used in their national soccer team's name
• The Lions of Teranga

SOURCES

• wikipedia.com
• lonelyplanet.com