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Capital: Dakar
Area: 196,200 sq km / 75,753 sq ml
Language: French, Wolof
Currency: CFA Franc
Population: 10,580,300
Life expectancy: 48 (men), 50 (women)
Literacy rate: 52%
Religions: Sunni Muslim
Physical features: Plains rising to hills in the south east, swamp and tropical forest in the south west
Ethnic distribution: 36% Wolof, 21% Fulani, 19% Serer, 7% Diola and 6% Mandingo
Exports: Peanuts, cotton, fish, phosphates, animal fat, machinery
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