senegal

We’re excited to connect with you! Fill out the foraSenegal is a West African State. With an area of 196,712 km2, it is limited to the north by Mauritania, to the east by Mali, to the south by Guinea and Guinea Bissau, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean on a façade of 500 km

The Gambia forms a quasi-enclave in Senegal, penetrating more than 302 km inland. The Cape Verde Islands are located 560 km from the Senegalese coast.

The explanation of the origin of the name Senegal remains subject to debate.  As early as 1850, Father David Boilat, quarteron and son of Signare ( a rich Métis merchant), saw in his Senegalese Sketches a distortion of the Wolof expression suñu gaal, that is to say “our canoe”. Very popular, this version is generally relayed by the media and favored by the authorities to the extent that it highlights national solidarity.

However, it has been disputed since the 1960s and several other etymologies have been put forward, the one currently considered the most plausible linking the toponym to a Berber tribe  of the Sahara, the Sanhadja (“Zenaga” in Berber).

Another explanation is that the country owes its name to  the river that borders it to the east and north and which has its source in the Fouta-Djalon in Guinea. The climate is dry tropical characterized by two seasons: a dry season from November to June and a rainy season from July to October.
Senegal is located at the westernmost advance of the African continent in the Atlantic Ocean, at the confluence of Europe, Africa and the Americas, and at a crossroads of major sea and air routes. Three rivers cross the country from East to West: Senegal (1700 km) in the North, Gambia (750 km) and Casamance (300 km) in the South.m below, and let’s start a conversation.