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Capital: dakar
Country name
: conventional long form: republic of senegal conventional short form: senegal local long form: republique du senegal local short form: senegal
National holiday: independence day. 4 april (1960)
Government type
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republic under multiparty democratic rule
Administrative divisions: 11 regions (regions. singular - region); dakar. diourbel. fatick. kaolack. kolda. louga. matam. saint-louis. tambacounda. thies. ziguinchor |
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Independence:
4 april 1960 (from france); note - complete independence was achieved upon dissolution of federation with mali on 20 august 1960
Political parties and leaders: african party for democracy and socialism or and jef (also known as pads/aj) [landing savane. secretary general]; african party of independence [majhemout diop]; alliance of forces of progress or afp [moustapha niasse]; democratic and patriotic convention or cdp (also known as garab-gi) [dr. iba der thiam]; democratic league-labor party movement or ld-mpt [dr. abdoulaye bathily]; front for socialism and democracy or fsd [cheikh abdoulaye dieye]; gainde centrist bloc or bgc [jean-paul dias]; independence and labor party or pit [amath dansokho]; national democratic rally or rnd [madier diouf]; senegalese democratic party or pds [abdoulaye wade]; socialist party or ps [ousmane tanor dieng]; sopi coalition (a coalition led by the pds) [abdoulaye wade]; union for democratic renewal or urd [djibo leyti ka]; other small parties
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
labor; muslim brotherhoods; students; teachers
International organization participation
: acct. acp. afdb. au. cemac. ecowas. fao. fz. g-15. g-77. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. idb. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso (correspondent). itu. miga. monuc. nam. oic. onub. opcw. pca. un. unctad. unesco. unido. unmil. unmovic. unoci. upu. wadb (regional). waemu. wcl. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto
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