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Transportation of Senegal

Airports:20 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 9
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 43 km (2006)
Railways:total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000 meter gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 13,576 km
paved: 3,972 km (includes 7 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,604 km (2003)
Waterways:1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance rivers) (2005)
Ports and terminals:Dakar

Senegal Quickstats

  • Population: 12,521,851 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 196,190 sq km
  • Density: 59 /km² (137th)
  • GDP (total): $20.504 billion (109th)
  • GDP (per capita): $1,759 (149th)
  • Literacy: 39.3%

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  • Currency: CFA franc (XOF)
  • Dial code: +221

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