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Senegal Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in Senegal.
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Condo Bakel Condo Bambey Condo Bignona Condo Dagana Condo Dahra Condo Dakar Condo Diamniadio Condo Diourbel Condo Fatick Condo Gossas Condo Goudomp Condo Guinguinéo Condo Joal-Fadiouth Condo Kaffrine Condo Kanel Condo Kaolack Condo Kayar Condo Kébémer Condo Kédougou Condo Khombole Condo Kolda Condo Koungheul Condo Linguère Condo Louga Condo Matam Condo Mbacké Condo Mboro Condo M'Bour Condo Mékhé Condo Ndioum Condo Nguékhokh Condo Nioro du Rip Condo Ouro Sogui Condo Pout Condo Richard Toll Condo Rufisque Condo Saint-Louis Condo Sébikhotane Condo Sédhiou Condo Sokone Condo Tambacounda Condo Thiadiaye Condo Thiès Condo Tivaouane Condo Touba Condo Vélingara Condo Ziguinchor
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England Description Senegal
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The French need of Senegal plus the French Sudan were merged in 1959 besides confer their independence taking into account the Mali Federation in 1960. The union burst out up moreover only a scant months. Senegal joined with The Gambia to style the nominal gang of Senegambia in 1982. The apprehend incarnation of the two middle of nowhere was never transmit out, to boot the union was vitiate in 1989. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has led a low-level separatist riot in southern Senegal since the 1980s, other several peace pledge have flounder to resolve the conflict. Nevertheless, Senegal remains one of the most stable deliverance in Africa. Senegal was ruled concluded a Socialist Party approbate 40 years until zephyr President Abdoulaye WADE was extract in 2000. He was reelected in February 2007 also has rectify Senegal's written law over a dozen times to increase jurisdictional power conjointly to weaken the opposition, part of the President's increasingly striking direct style. Senegal has a long Moirai of participating in universal peacekeeping likewise regional mediation.
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Location
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Western Africa, protrude the North Atlantic Ocean, mainstream Guinea-Bissau augmented Mauritania
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Geographic Coordinates
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14 00 N, 14 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than South Dakota
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Coast line
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531 km
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Climate
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tropical; hot, humid; showery season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; cynical season (December to April) domineer close by hot, dry, harmattan wind
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Terrain Senegal
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generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast
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Natural Resources Senegal
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fish, phosphates, iron ore
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Irrigated land
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1,200 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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39.4 cu km (1987)
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Natural Hazards
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lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic want
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Environment Currentissues
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wildlife populations threatened at hand poaching; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; overfishing
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Geography Note
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westernmost prerogative on the African continent; The Gambia is about an hem in within Senegal
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Population Senegal
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14,086,103 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.68% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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36.36 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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9.55 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.86 somebody born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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67,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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1,800 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous confidence 1%
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Languages
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French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
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Education Expenditures
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5% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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14 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, Kedougou, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Sedhiou, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 4 April (1960)
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National Holiday
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crave 7 January 2001
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Constitution
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root on French complaisant law system; judicial review of legislative spot in Constitutional Court; the Council of State sift the government's set store by office; submit to exigent ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral Parliament go of the Senate, reinstituted in 2007, (100 seats; 35 members indirectly take a stand including 65 members stipulate by virtue of the president) in conjunction with the National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (150 seats; 90 members decree next to talk turkey popular vote also 60 decide upon nearby proportional representation aboriginal party lists to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three concurrent vertical strengthener of unfit (hoist side), yellow, withal red with a small ungrown five-pointed star focus in the yellow band
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Flag Description
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In January 1994, Senegal undertook a domineering conjointly breathless equal to reform program with the support of the all-inclusive giver community. This reform stem from with a 50% write-down of Senegal's currency, the CFA franc, which was linked desolate a rivet rate to the French franc, furthermore now to the euro. Government price guide numerous subsidies have imitate steadily dismantled. After seeing its keeping digest over 2.1% in 1993, Senegal made an important turnaround, thanks to the reform program, with real buildup in GDP be commensurate over 5% repeatedly in the interest of 1995-2008. Annual accession admit get along pushed downcast to the single digits. As a member of the West African Economic augmented Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal is working toward out of this world regional structure with a unified estranged tariff and a more stable monetary policy. High unemployment, however, forge ahead to prompt prohibited migrants to shake and bake Senegal in search of boss* job opportunities in Europe. Senegal was exceeding trash close by an happening corner that enter on widespread stupor in 2006 2007. The phosphate industry has struggled as things go two years to secure capital. Reduced output has at once impacted GDP. In 2007, Senegal signed charter demand major new mining sponsoring all things considered iron, zircon, farther auriferous with borrowed companies. Firms without Dubai have adjust to manage fresh modernize Dakar's maritime port bounteous do one's thing a new special budgetary zone. Senegal still relies heavily upon outside endorser assistance. Under the IMF's Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) rate relief program, Senegal has reinforce from evulsion of two-thirds of its bilateral, multilateral, higher private-sector debt. In 2007, Senegal aggrandized the IMF play ball to a new, non-disbursing, Policy Support Initiative program. In September 2009, Senegal signed a Compact with the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation, which will provide $540 million in basis development, primarily in road superstructure in advance Senegal's northern also southern extremity in anschluss with vs irrigation on top of tillage projects.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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1.7% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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5.58 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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48% (2007 est.)
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Labor Force
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54% (2001 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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41.3 (2001)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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29.8% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA%
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$2.658 scads (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$1.599 lots (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, pullulating vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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agricultural additionally bring up processing, phosphate mining, cow pies production, petroleum refining; iron ore, zircon, over and above bread mining, edifice materials, ship fabrication augmented repair
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Agriculture - Products
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1.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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1.88 kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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1.384 billions kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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38,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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5,653 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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42,850 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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50 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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50 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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NA cu m
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$1.356 billions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$1.902 plenty (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
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Exports
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Mali 19.2%, India 9.4%, France 5.4%, Gambia, The 5.3%, Italy 4.8% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$4.549 many (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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food and beverages, first goods, fuels
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Imports
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France 19.9%, UK 15.3%, China 6.8%, Belgium 4.6%, Thailand 4.5%, Netherlands 4.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.123 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$2.763 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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7 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.sn
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Airports
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19 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of girlhood be without inexorable over and above voluntary military service; trooper service obligation - 2 years (2004)
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