Senegal

Senegal

Senegal / country south of the Senegal River in West Africa. It gained its name from the river that borders it to the east and north and which originates from Futagon in Guinea

Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is located on the western edge of the country on the Cape Verde peninsula. About 300 miles off the Atlantic coast, along the Cape Verde Islands. During the colonial era, he placed many trade offices, belonging to the various colonial empires, along the coast. St. Louis became the capital of French West Africa before its transfer to Dakar in 1902. Dakar later became the capital of Senegal in 1960 after independence from France

The Senegalese landscape consists mainly of stepped sandy plains in the west coast, which rise to the foothills in the southeast. Here, too, I found the highest point in Senegal, otherwise an unnamed feature was 2.7 km southeast of Nippen-Diaga at 648 m (2,126 ft). The northern border consists of the Senegal River; Other rivers include the Gambia and Casamance rivers. The capital, Dakar, is located on the Cape-Vert peninsula, and is the farthest point of the continental continent in Africa

Senegal is externally bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south; Internally it completely surrounds the Gambia, specifically in the north, east and south, with the exception of the short Atlantic coast of The Gambia

The Cape Verde Islands are 560 km from the Senegalese coast, but Cape-Verte (“Cape Green”) is a marine placemark located at the foot of “Les Mamelis”, 105 meters (344 feet) cliff resting at one end of the peninsula Cape-Vert-Ali, which settled in the Senegalese capital Dakar, 1 km (0.6 mi) south of Point des Almadies, the western point in Africa

Senegal has a tropical climate with good heat throughout the year with well-defined dry and wet seasons that result from winds in the northeastern winter and southwestern summer winds. The dry season (December to April) is dominated by hot, dry winds and buoys. Annual rainfall rates in Dakar range around 600 mm (24 inches) between June and October when the maximum average temperatures are 30 ° C (86.0 ° F) and a minimum of 24.2 ° C (75.6 degrees Fahrenheit); December to February maximum temperature is 25.7 ° C (78.3 ° F) and a minimum of 18 ° C (64.4 ° F)

Indoor temperatures are higher than the length of the coast (for example, the average daily temperatures in Khaolak and Tambacounda for May are 30 ° C (86.0 ° F) and 32.7 ° C (90.9 ° F) respectively, compared to Dakar 23.2 ° C (73.8). Degree F)), and the precipitation increases significantly to the south, where it exceeds 1500 mm (59.1 inches) annually in some areas

In Tambacounda in the remote interior, especially on the Mali border where the desert begins, temperatures can reach 54 ° C (129.2 ° F). In the northern part of the country, there is a hot desert climate nearby, the central part has a semi-arid hot climate, and the southern south part has a tropical and dry climate. Senegal is mainly sunny and dry country

After contracting its economy by 2.1 percent in 1993 Senegal developed a comprehensive economic reform program with the support of international donors. This reform started with the devaluation of 50% of the country's currency (the African franc). Price controls and government subsidies have also been dismantled. As a result, Senegal's inflation rate has gone down, investments have gone up, and gross domestic product has risen nearly 5 percent annually between 1995 and 2001

The main industries include food, mining, cement, synthetic fertilizers, chemicals, textiles, imported petroleum refining, and tourism. Exports of fish and chemicals include cotton, fabrics, peanuts and calcium phosphate. The main overseas markets are India in 26.7 percent of exports (as of 1998). Other overseas markets include the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom

Senegal has 12 nautical miles (22 km and 14 mi) exclusive fishing area that has been regularly breached in recent years (as of 2014). It is estimated that fishermen in the country lose 300,000 tons of fish annually to poaching. The Senegalese government has attempted to control illegal fishing by fishing vessels, some of which have been registered in Russia, Mauritania, Belize and Ukraine. In January 2014, a Russian fishing vessel, Oleg Naydenov, was hijacked by the Senegalese authorities near the sea border with Guinea-Bissau

Senegal is one of the largest recipients of international development assistance. Donors include the International Development Agency, Japan, France and China, the United States. More than 3,000 volunteer peace corps have served in Senegal since 1963

Senegal is well known for the West African tradition of storytelling, which is done by Gretz, who has kept West African history alive for thousands of years through words and music. Great career is passed on from generation to generation and requires years of training and apprenticeships in genealogy, history and music. Grets gives a voice to generations of society in West Africa