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Senegal Page |
Welcome to ElectionInfo.com's pages on Senegal
Official Name: Republic of Senegal
Capital: Dakar
Area: 196,720 square kilometres (75,954 square miles)
Major cities (Population)
Dakar 1,986,000 (1995 estimate)
Thiès 201,350 (1992)
Kaolack 179,894 (1992)
Saint-Louis 125,717 (1992)
Population: 8,312,000 (1995 estimate)
opulation growth rate: 2.5 per cent (1990-1995 average)
Type of government: Republic under multi-party democratic rule
Independence: 20 August 1960 (from France)
Constitution: 3 March 1963, revised in 1991.
Voting Rights: Universal at age 18
Government
Dakar’s Growing Pains
The president, who is directly elected for a seven-year term, is executive head of state. The post of prime minister, which was abolished in 1983, was restored in 1991. The 120 members of the unicameral Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly) are elected to serve five-year terms. The voting age is 18.
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