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For a glimpse of what Senegal looked like in the colonial period, head for St-Louis, the first French settlement in Africa, which dates from 1659. Today, the city straddles the mainland, an island and part of the Langue de Barbarie peninsula at the mouth of the Senegal River.
Fast Facts
Population
154,555
Currency
Name: CFA Franc BCEAO
Code: XOF
Symbol: CFA
Electrical Plugs
230V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: French, Wolof
Time Zones
GMT/UTC 0
Country Dialing Code
+221
Weights & Measures
Metric
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