nds 10%, China 7.4%, UK 6.2%, Thailand 5.2%,
Belgium 4.5% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$477 million (2007 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$1.66 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$2.19 billion (31 December 2007)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible
authority is the Central Bank of the West African States

Currency code:

XOF

Exchange rates:

Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 481.83
(2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003)
note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the
euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro

Communications
Senegal

Telephones - main lines in use:

269,100 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4.123 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: good system
domestic: above-average urban system with a fiber-optic network;
nearly two-thirds of all fixed-line connections are in Dakar where a
call-center industry is emerging; expansion of fixed-line services
in rural areas needed; mobile-cellular service is expanding rapidly;
microwave radio relay, coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk
system
international: country code - 221; the SAT-3/WASC fiber optic cable
provides connectivity to Europe and Asia while Atlantis-2 provides
connectivity to South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios:

1.24 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

4 (2007)

Televisions:

361,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.sn

Internet hosts:

217 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2002)

Internet users:

820,000 (2007)

Transportation
Senegal

Airports:

20 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 9
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 43 km (2007)

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)