Senegal is a nation that lies in the western Africa and it is located on the south of the Senegal River. It is also referred to as the Republic of Senegal and its capital is Dakar. This city is probably the largest city in the country and it has about two million people living in it. Touba is the other city that has many people living there (about half a million people). There are about eleven million people living in Senegal and of this number, about 2/3rd of the people live in the rural locations. There are people of different ethnicity in this nation and the languages spoken by its populating are also many. The largest ethnic group in Senegal is Wolof.

The main religion of the population of Senegal is Islam with about 95% of the population following this religion. The country is popular for fishing and its lovely beaches. Tourists from different countries visit Senegal because it is a great tourist destination. The economy of Senegal depends on tourism, food processing, refining imported petroleum, chemicals, artificial fertilizer, textiles, cement and mining. It also exports goods to other countries and its trading countries are the U.K, U.S.A, Italy and India.

The people from Senegal are called Senegalese.