Senegal
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- SN
- ISO alpha-3
- SEN
- ISO numeric
- 686
- FIPS 10-4
- SG
- GeoNames ID
- 2245662
Key facts
- Capital
- Dakar
- Area
- 196,190 km²
- Population
- 15,854,360
- Currency
- Franc (XOF)
- Calling code
- +221
- Top-level domain
- .sn
- Official languages
- fr-SN,wo,fuc,mnk
Continent
- Name
- Africa
- Code
- AF
- In this dataset
- 58 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 14.5
- Longitude
- -14.25
- Min latitude
- 12.305606588000089
- Min longitude
- -17.536040818999936
- Max latitude
- 16.691385397000047
- Max longitude
- -11.37777624499995
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/SN?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 196190,
"capital": "Dakar",
"continent_code": "AF",
"currency_code": "XOF",
"iso3_code": "SEN",
"iso_code": "SN",
"name": "Senegal",
"population": 15854360
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/SN/regions/v1/cities?country=SN/v1/postal-codes?country=SN/v1/timezones?country=SN
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- السنغال
- Chinese
- 塞内加尔
- English
- Senegal
- French
- Sénégal
- German
- Senegal
- Hindi
- सेनेगल
- Italian
- Senegal
- Japanese
- セネガル
- Korean
- 세네갈
- Portuguese
- Senegal
- Russian
- Сенегал
- Spanish
- Senegal
- Total language variants
- 141
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Africa/Dakar | UTC+00:00 | UTC+00:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- #####
- Pattern
^(\d{5})$
First-level administrative regions
- Dakar
- Région de Thiès
- Diourbel
- Kaolack
- Saint-Louis
- Louga
- Tambacounda
- Kolda
- Matam
- Région de Kaffrine
- Ziguinchor
- Région de Sédhiou
- Région de Kédougou
- Fatick
14 of 14 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Dakar | 2,646,503 |
| Pikine | 1,170,791 |
| Touba | 1,120,824 |
| Guédiawaye | 329,659 |
| Thiès | 317,763 |
| Kaolack | 298,904 |
| Rufisque | 295,459 |
| Mbour | 284,189 |
| Saint-Louis | 254,171 |
| Thiès Nones | 252,320 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 11,789
- First-level regions
- 14
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 141
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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