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In the north of Senegal is the Senegal River. To the north of the river is Mauritania. The nation borders Mali in the east, Guinea-Bissau in the south, and Guinea in the south-east. The Gambia is another country inside of Senegal, along the Gambia River. It is about 300 km long.
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Senegal - officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Senegal River in western Africa. Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south. The Gambia lies almost entirely within Senegal, surrounded on the north, east and south; from its western coast, The Gambia's territory follows the Gambia River more than 300 km inland. The Cape Verde islands lie some 560 km (348 miles) off the Senegalese coast.
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The Toucouleur people, among the early inhabitants of Senegal, converted to Islam in the 11th century, although their religious beliefs retained strong elements of animism. The Portuguese had some stations on the banks of the Senegal River in the 15th century, and the first French settlement was made at St.-Louis in 1659. Gorée Island became a major center for the Atlantic slave trade through the 1700s, and millions of Africans were shipped from there to the New World. The British took parts of Senegal at various times, but the French gained possession in 1840 and made it part of French West Africa in 1895. In 1946, together with other parts of French West Africa, Senegal became an overseas territory of France. On June 20, 1960, it formed an independent republic federated with Mali, but the federation collapsed within four months.
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The Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS), which consists of Mali, Mauritania and Senegal, has constructed two dams. The Diama dam, located in Senegal, was completed in 1986 and its primary function is to stop the upstream encroachment of seawater from the Atlantic Ocean. The Manatali dam, built by the OMVS on the Bafing River, the main tributary of the Senegal River, in Mali, was completed in 1987. The Manatali project was ... to include a 200-MW power station and an 800-mile (1,300-km) network of transmission lines to the capitals of Mali (Bamako), Mauritania (Nouakchott) and Senegal (Dakar). Cost overruns, coupled with political and military tensions between Mauritania and Senegal, initially canceled the construction of the power facilities. In March 2000, AfDB approved a $33.5 million loan for the Manatali energy project.
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Senegal is drained by three major rivers: the Sénégal in the north and the Gambia and Casamance in the south. The land is mostly flat and covered with sandy soil. There are hills in the southeast and tall evergreen forests in the Casamance region. In addition, there are small plateaus and volcanic rocks in the Cape Verde peninsula. The climate can be described as dry tropical with two distinct seasons. The dry season, with temperatures ranging between 79 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit, begins in November and ends in June.
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Senegal is located on the west of the African continent. The Senegalese landscape consists mainly of the rolling sandy plains of the western Sahel which rise to foothills in the southeast. Here is ... found Senegal's highest point, an otherwise unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha at 581 m. (1906 ft.) The northern border is formed by the Senegal River, other rivers include the Gambia and Casamance Rivers. The capital Dakar lies on the Cap-Vert peninsula, the westernmost point of continental Africa.
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