ency code:
XOF

Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 581.2
(2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.976 (2000), 615.699
(1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Senegal

Telephones - main lines in use:
228,800 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
575,900 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: good system
domestic: above-average urban system; microwave radio relay, coaxial
cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system
international: country code - 221; 4 submarine cables; satellite
earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios:
1.24 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)

Televisions:
361,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.sn

Internet hosts:
672 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2002)

Internet users:
225,000 (2003)

Transportation Senegal

Railways:
total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000-meter gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 14,576 km
paved: 4,271 km including 7 km of expressways
unpaved: 10,305 km (2000)

Waterways:
1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance rivers) (2003)

Pipelines:
gas 564 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Dakar, Kaolack, Matam, Podor, Richard Toll, Saint-Louis, Ziguinchor

Airports:
20 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 9
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Military Senegal

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police
(Surete Nationale)

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service;
conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,490,290 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,301,761 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 119,833 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$95.8 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.5% (2003)

Transnational Issues Senegal

Disputes - international:
The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau attempt to stem refugees, cross border
raids, arm