: 196,190 km2; land area: 192,000 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than South Dakota

_#_Land boundaries: 2,640 km total; The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km,
Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km

_#_Coastline: 531 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Contiguous zone: 24 nm;

Continental shelf: edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 12 nm

_#_Disputes: short section of the boundary with The Gambia is
indefinite; the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered its
decision on the Guinea-Bissau/Senegal maritime boundary in favor
of Senegal--that decision has been rejected by Guinea-Bissau;
boundary with Mauritania

_#_Climate: tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (December to April) has
strong southeast winds; dry season (May to November) dominated by hot,
dry harmattan wind

_#_Terrain: generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in
southeast

_#_Natural resources: fish, phosphates, iron ore

_#_Land use: arable land 27%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and
pastures 30%; forest and woodland 31%; other 12%; includes irrigated
1%

_#_Environment: lowlands seasonally flooded; deforestation;
overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification

_#_Note: The Gambia is almost an enclave

_*_People
_#_Population: 7,952,657 (July 1991), growth rate 3.1% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 13 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 86 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 54 years male, 56 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 6.2 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Senegalese (sing. and pl.);
adjective--Senegalese

_#_Ethnic divisions: Wolof 36%, Fulani 17%, Serer 17%, Toucouleur
9%, Diola 9%, Mandingo 9%, European and Lebanese 1%, other 2%

_#_Religion: Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2%
(mostly Roman Catholic)

_#_Language: French (official); Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo

_#_Literacy: 38% (male 52%, female 25%) age 15 and over can
read and write (1990 est.)

_#_Labor force: 2,509,000; 77% subsistence agricultural workers;
175,000 wage earners--private sector 40%, government and parapublic 60%;
52% of population of working age (1985)

_#_Organized labor: majority of wage-labor force represented by
unions; however,