Senegal

Senegal

Senegal ranks 85th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Montenegro. Memorable people born in present day Senegal include Léopold Sédar Senghor, Jean-Pierre Adams, and Abdoulaye Wade. Memorable people who died in Senegal include Hissène Habré, Ahmadou Ahidjo, and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. Senegal has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in continental Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Read more on Wikipedia