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"Sénégal" indeed! Senegal is an African word, not a French word. Nevertheless, anyone speaking English who pronounces "Senegal" as it it were "C'est n'égale", gets a big cream pie for being a pretentious boob. So, what's next? The Hilton Hôtel? We Wikipedians tend to owlishness anyway; we just have to keep a sense of proportion. -- Wetman 21:35, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I know Senegal has one of the best reputations for recent stability, non-corruption etc. in Africa but some of this article is so utterly uncritical it seems weird. "Senegal has 65 political parties. They all contribute to development of the country by giving criticism and working toward a successful transition to democracy in the country and even among all developing countries of the African continent." "Today Senegal has a democratic political culture, and they have contributed to one of the most successful democratic transitions in Africa. Senegal recognizes and respects all cultures, religions and traditions." The last sentence is repeated again later. Now could you say of ANY country in the world "they respect everybody-end of story"? Someone who knows more about this may want to edit out the POV. Marskell 15:42, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Oh and someone should edit the economy section so it isn't a complete copy of the CIA world factbook...think we can do better than cut and paste. Marskell 15:47, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
The pretention that Senegal is exempt of corruption is unrealistic, and most Senegalese would not agree with it, even in the government. Transparency International ranks Senegal 78th over 155 in its "Corruption Perceptions Index" of 2005, at the same level as China and Morocco.
It would be nice to add information from the World Bank, the World Health Organization, Interpol, and Amnesty International.
I agree that the phrase "Senegal recognizes and respects all cultures, religions and traditions" is probably bogus. I agree that this article is definatly not written from a neutral pov. You'd think Senegal is a haven for everything democratic in the world. I'm sure it's a fine country but this article is almost misleading. I don't know much about Senegal at all so I hope someone can make some good rewrites. -- Tainter 01:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm interested in knowing where the demographic information on this page (including the religion section) and on the Senegal demographics page comes from. Sources for statistics should be cited so we know when to replace them when more up-to-date statistics come out. The most recent census that I have gotten a hold of is 1988, which is surely out of date, but it gives statistics different from those reported here. (And some of the statistics on the demographics page are in some instances very different and seem unlikely to me.) I'm tempted to change the statistics to ones I can cite a source for unless someone can demonstrate that they have a credible source for these statistics. Jbenhill 03:06, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
As for most African countries, corruption is possibly the main scourge of the Senegalese economy. This, in turns, causes a trickle down negative flow that affects every other aspect of the country's developement. The social system is steady simply thanks to the strong familial, religious and cultural bonds that inhibit the marginalization of any group or people. This is however absent in the medical, industrial and agricultural fields where the economic weakness of the government, brought about by generations of corrupt political leaders, industry and business heads, allows for a free for all culture and an ineffectiveness that is somehow both accepted and expected by the masses. Presently, another side of the problem is raising its head in the form of claims of nepotism raised by the opponents of the President Ablaye Wade, whose son and daughter act as his close advisors and also anchor and manage public and private business deals whose transparency, if not its legitimacy,is questionned.
Moved from article:
http://www.air-senegal-international.com/ Besides the presence of a senegalese airplane firm, the road system consists of ???
81.246.188.34
El_C
10:28, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Having visited Senegal, I believe the Wikipedia article lacks an important factor: the stickiness of the local people. I believe you should add something about that too. Aldough I hate to write something bad about Senegal or of the people for that matter, I believe the article wouldn't be complete without it. The stickiness is not exagerated, people keep following tourists and keep trying to sell you stuff, usually they keep walking alongside tourists for well over 20 seconds before they back down. And this every time you pass any of them.
The politics section seems to highlight Senegal as a democracy, which might just be a self-proclaimed democracy. It is not written in an NPOV encyclopedic style. Cygnus_hansa 01:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I think 'car rapides' are worth mentioning on Wikipedia, but I don't know if it merits its own article or if it should be added under this article, or under the Transport_in_Senegal (which is primarily statistics), or the Dakar#transportation section (because, to the best of my knowledge and after speaking with a professor and other Dakar locals regarding it, they are unique to Dakar, but I have not found any verifiable sources that prove or disprove it).
Thanks Wskora ( talk) 15:22, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Actually I don't have any idea if Senegal is a nice place to stay with or work with, please advise me because I have a job offer letter in Dakar Senegal..please.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.100.2.3 ( talk) 08:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Quoting article: "Various European powers—Portugal, the Netherlands, and Great Britain—competed for trade in the area from the 15th century onward, until in 1677, France ended up in possession of what had become an important slave trade departure point—the infamous island of Gorée next to modern Dakar."
Quoting Gorée article: "Gorée is famous as a destination for people interested in the Atlantic slave trade. In fact, however, relatively few slaves were processed or transported from there. The more important centers for the slave trade from Senegal were north, at Saint-Louis, Senegal or to the south in the Gambia, at the mouths of major rivers for trade."
I guess the second article is right, and as such, mentioning Gorée as a main slave trade point needs to be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aenariel ( talk • contribs) 04:17, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
I think that the Coat of Arms should not be displyed as a question mark. This encyclopedia is intended for all people of all levels and there are plenty of people out there that would believe that the Coat of Arms of Senegal is a question mark. Not only that but some citizens might find that a bit demeaning. If editors don't know the Coat of Arms perhaps it should just be left out until it is determined. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.46.223 ( talk) 04:31, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
I have begun translating from the French Senegal page. Thus far, I have only translated the Etymology section, and I plan to add the translated tag to the talk page once I am done with the whole page. Luqavi ( talk) 13:31, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
According to the article, "Dakar's annual rainfall of about 600 mm (23.6 in) occurs between June and October when maximum temperatures average 27 °C (80.6 °F); December to February minimum temperatures are about 17 °C (62.6 °F). Interior temperatures can be substantially higher than along the coast..."
As one who has traveled extensively to Dakar and western Senegal in all seasons, I can assure you that those temperature numbers are off. Coastal Senegal is hotter than that. I believe these measurements are taken near the airport in a sort of lower temperature 'island', and are not typical of the Dakar region or coastal Senegal. However, there is little one can do about that.
One can, however, correct obvious mistakes. According to http://www.climatetemp.info/senegal/ , the average daily temperature between June and October in Dakar is given as 27 °C (80.6 °F) , not the maximum. The maximum is given as 30 °C (86.0 °F) and I will change the article, and also the Geography of Senegal article accordingly. In fact, I will rewrite these sections, since it makes little sense to me to include only the yearly maximum and minimum in different seasons. Rodney420 ( talk) 15:24, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
Upper Senegal was the former name of "French Sudan" (> Mali) Böri ( talk) 10:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
I would question the relevance of having a section on the Bahai faith. According to the figures given here around 1 in 600 Senegalese are Bahai, i.e. about a quarter of the proportion of people in England who claim to be followers of the Jedi religion. This can hardly be considered a significant aspect of Senegalese culture - it seems more like self-promotion by the followers of a minority religion, which detracts from the factual nature of the article. HairyDan ( talk) 15:51, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:AdvocacyI am not going to call names, but do you trust the edits to Islam and Senegal to stand up to further analysis? When I see a trend of an editor chasing an agenda with such fervor and hatred I get worried. It is sad that senior editor do nothing about this. This is a warning to stop running around wikipedia inserting Serer propaganda to Islamic history and African history. I am sorry Serer got killed, but start a Serer page or something to let the world know. DO not use wikipedia for Serer advocacy. this A section on Islam in Senegal is not the history of Serer oppression. COPY AND PASTING anti-Islamic POV across wikipedia , well is not nice. -- Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ ( talk) 16:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Tamsier ( talk) 17:26, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
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I looked up the Achieving Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Governance Across Social Scales and could not find Camara's name in the book. A page number would be most useful. The first reference is not reliable as it is self-published. The third source appears to be teaching materials. This is self-published as well and is not reliable. Please see WP:IRS to help identify reliable sources to use in articles on Wikipedia. If Fatou K. Camara is notable enough to be mentioned on a Wikipedia article as a scholar, then her demographic statistics should have been published in a peer-reviewed journal somewhere rather than some handout she gave at a lecture. -- Odie5533 ( talk) 01:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
WP:UNDUEIn an article about Senegal (a country) the article weight or focus must fit that demo. In other words it would be strange to read about Saudi Arabia and see more text and detail about Hinduism in Saudi. Same here. 90% Muslim means the weight of the text must favor that. Also since this article is about a country all religious should be a stub, the 1 percent cannot be larger than its weight in the country in any article.-- Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ ( talk) 21:06, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
and here [6] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tamsier ( talk • contribs) 20:41, 15 October 2011 (UTC) Tamsier ( talk) 20:44, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Wouldnt it simply be a variant on Seneschal, medieval title? some internet refs list senegal as a variant of this word, and there is a history of Senegal as a creole/french family name in louisiana, including among african americans, who probably didnt choose the country name as a family name. Just trying to further confuse the matter, sorry if i did :). (Mercurywoodrose) 12.125.80.214 ( talk) 18:31, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
There is an inconsistency in the religious demographics section. In the first paragraph it says 5% of the population is Christian, but later on it says 10% are. Tweisbach ( talk) 01:29, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
I've deleted "Just as in the Gambia, these figures should be taken with caution. <ref>The Wolof percentage above is misleading because other tribes who have been "Wolofized" (the advent of Wolofization, encouraged by certain organizations) and speak the Wolof language are added to this figure when in actual fact they are not Wolofs at all. See: African Census Analysis Project (ACAP). [[University of Pennsylvania]], Ethnic Diversity and Assimilation in Senegal: Evidence from the 1988 Census by Pierre Ngom, Aliou Gaye and Ibrahima Sarr. 2000</ref>" The source can be read at [7] and imho is a complete misrepresentation of that paper, which he uses at other articles, for some reason never mentioning "The present research confirms anecdotal evidence in the Senegalese printed press of the decreasing size of the Serer ethnic group." Dougweller ( talk) 10:11, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
The map on the right of this section bears essentially no resemblance to the list of major cities. The #2 city of the country somehow doesn't make iot onto the map (or is named differently). This totally needs to be changed. Red Slash 18:02, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
"In 1980, President Senghor decided to retire from politics, and he handed power over in 1981 to his handpicked successor, Abdou Diouf. Mamadou Dia ran for reelection in 1983 against Diouf but lost." Where does Mamadou Dia come in? This is first mention of this person. Did Abdou Diouf become president in 1981? Was he appointed or was he elected? How could Mamadou Dia run for REelection if Abdou Diouf was (still?) president? Kdammers ( talk) 03:24, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
The national motto, as I've heard it from Senegalese people, should read "Toubab, mai ma velo bi." -Kaolacker — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.83.44.105 ( talk) 16:48, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
I separated "Languages" out of the "Ethnicity" subsection of Demographics. The discussion seems to break logically at the point I inserted a subheader, and the discussion (esp. with added reference to national languages) is significant enough to stand on its own.-- A12n ( talk) 18:09, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
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Is there a reason that The Gambia is not mentioned in the opening paragraph when Senegal's borders are described? Bcostley ( talk) 00:41, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Grand Dakar should not be included on the list of largest cities since it is just a section of the city of Dakar, and even so the population of Grand Dakar is not over 2 million(Here is a link to recent census data from Senegal showing populations of the cities and their sections: http://senegal.opendataforafrica.org/SNCD2015/senegal-census-data-2013?location=1000000-senegal&indicator=1000010-total-population). Population numbers may have to be edited for some of the cities, but Grand Dakar should not be included. The list should go: Dakar 1st, Pikine 2nd, Thies 3rd). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Konoisia ( talk • contribs) 22:31, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
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"Sénégal" indeed! Senegal is an African word, not a French word. Nevertheless, anyone speaking English who pronounces "Senegal" as it it were "C'est n'égale", gets a big cream pie for being a pretentious boob. So, what's next? The Hilton Hôtel? We Wikipedians tend to owlishness anyway; we just have to keep a sense of proportion. -- Wetman 21:35, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I know Senegal has one of the best reputations for recent stability, non-corruption etc. in Africa but some of this article is so utterly uncritical it seems weird. "Senegal has 65 political parties. They all contribute to development of the country by giving criticism and working toward a successful transition to democracy in the country and even among all developing countries of the African continent." "Today Senegal has a democratic political culture, and they have contributed to one of the most successful democratic transitions in Africa. Senegal recognizes and respects all cultures, religions and traditions." The last sentence is repeated again later. Now could you say of ANY country in the world "they respect everybody-end of story"? Someone who knows more about this may want to edit out the POV. Marskell 15:42, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Oh and someone should edit the economy section so it isn't a complete copy of the CIA world factbook...think we can do better than cut and paste. Marskell 15:47, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
The pretention that Senegal is exempt of corruption is unrealistic, and most Senegalese would not agree with it, even in the government. Transparency International ranks Senegal 78th over 155 in its "Corruption Perceptions Index" of 2005, at the same level as China and Morocco.
It would be nice to add information from the World Bank, the World Health Organization, Interpol, and Amnesty International.
I agree that the phrase "Senegal recognizes and respects all cultures, religions and traditions" is probably bogus. I agree that this article is definatly not written from a neutral pov. You'd think Senegal is a haven for everything democratic in the world. I'm sure it's a fine country but this article is almost misleading. I don't know much about Senegal at all so I hope someone can make some good rewrites. -- Tainter 01:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm interested in knowing where the demographic information on this page (including the religion section) and on the Senegal demographics page comes from. Sources for statistics should be cited so we know when to replace them when more up-to-date statistics come out. The most recent census that I have gotten a hold of is 1988, which is surely out of date, but it gives statistics different from those reported here. (And some of the statistics on the demographics page are in some instances very different and seem unlikely to me.) I'm tempted to change the statistics to ones I can cite a source for unless someone can demonstrate that they have a credible source for these statistics. Jbenhill 03:06, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
As for most African countries, corruption is possibly the main scourge of the Senegalese economy. This, in turns, causes a trickle down negative flow that affects every other aspect of the country's developement. The social system is steady simply thanks to the strong familial, religious and cultural bonds that inhibit the marginalization of any group or people. This is however absent in the medical, industrial and agricultural fields where the economic weakness of the government, brought about by generations of corrupt political leaders, industry and business heads, allows for a free for all culture and an ineffectiveness that is somehow both accepted and expected by the masses. Presently, another side of the problem is raising its head in the form of claims of nepotism raised by the opponents of the President Ablaye Wade, whose son and daughter act as his close advisors and also anchor and manage public and private business deals whose transparency, if not its legitimacy,is questionned.
Moved from article:
http://www.air-senegal-international.com/ Besides the presence of a senegalese airplane firm, the road system consists of ???
81.246.188.34
El_C
10:28, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Having visited Senegal, I believe the Wikipedia article lacks an important factor: the stickiness of the local people. I believe you should add something about that too. Aldough I hate to write something bad about Senegal or of the people for that matter, I believe the article wouldn't be complete without it. The stickiness is not exagerated, people keep following tourists and keep trying to sell you stuff, usually they keep walking alongside tourists for well over 20 seconds before they back down. And this every time you pass any of them.
The politics section seems to highlight Senegal as a democracy, which might just be a self-proclaimed democracy. It is not written in an NPOV encyclopedic style. Cygnus_hansa 01:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I think 'car rapides' are worth mentioning on Wikipedia, but I don't know if it merits its own article or if it should be added under this article, or under the Transport_in_Senegal (which is primarily statistics), or the Dakar#transportation section (because, to the best of my knowledge and after speaking with a professor and other Dakar locals regarding it, they are unique to Dakar, but I have not found any verifiable sources that prove or disprove it).
Thanks Wskora ( talk) 15:22, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Actually I don't have any idea if Senegal is a nice place to stay with or work with, please advise me because I have a job offer letter in Dakar Senegal..please.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.100.2.3 ( talk) 08:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Quoting article: "Various European powers—Portugal, the Netherlands, and Great Britain—competed for trade in the area from the 15th century onward, until in 1677, France ended up in possession of what had become an important slave trade departure point—the infamous island of Gorée next to modern Dakar."
Quoting Gorée article: "Gorée is famous as a destination for people interested in the Atlantic slave trade. In fact, however, relatively few slaves were processed or transported from there. The more important centers for the slave trade from Senegal were north, at Saint-Louis, Senegal or to the south in the Gambia, at the mouths of major rivers for trade."
I guess the second article is right, and as such, mentioning Gorée as a main slave trade point needs to be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aenariel ( talk • contribs) 04:17, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
I think that the Coat of Arms should not be displyed as a question mark. This encyclopedia is intended for all people of all levels and there are plenty of people out there that would believe that the Coat of Arms of Senegal is a question mark. Not only that but some citizens might find that a bit demeaning. If editors don't know the Coat of Arms perhaps it should just be left out until it is determined. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.46.223 ( talk) 04:31, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
I have begun translating from the French Senegal page. Thus far, I have only translated the Etymology section, and I plan to add the translated tag to the talk page once I am done with the whole page. Luqavi ( talk) 13:31, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
According to the article, "Dakar's annual rainfall of about 600 mm (23.6 in) occurs between June and October when maximum temperatures average 27 °C (80.6 °F); December to February minimum temperatures are about 17 °C (62.6 °F). Interior temperatures can be substantially higher than along the coast..."
As one who has traveled extensively to Dakar and western Senegal in all seasons, I can assure you that those temperature numbers are off. Coastal Senegal is hotter than that. I believe these measurements are taken near the airport in a sort of lower temperature 'island', and are not typical of the Dakar region or coastal Senegal. However, there is little one can do about that.
One can, however, correct obvious mistakes. According to http://www.climatetemp.info/senegal/ , the average daily temperature between June and October in Dakar is given as 27 °C (80.6 °F) , not the maximum. The maximum is given as 30 °C (86.0 °F) and I will change the article, and also the Geography of Senegal article accordingly. In fact, I will rewrite these sections, since it makes little sense to me to include only the yearly maximum and minimum in different seasons. Rodney420 ( talk) 15:24, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
Upper Senegal was the former name of "French Sudan" (> Mali) Böri ( talk) 10:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
I would question the relevance of having a section on the Bahai faith. According to the figures given here around 1 in 600 Senegalese are Bahai, i.e. about a quarter of the proportion of people in England who claim to be followers of the Jedi religion. This can hardly be considered a significant aspect of Senegalese culture - it seems more like self-promotion by the followers of a minority religion, which detracts from the factual nature of the article. HairyDan ( talk) 15:51, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:AdvocacyI am not going to call names, but do you trust the edits to Islam and Senegal to stand up to further analysis? When I see a trend of an editor chasing an agenda with such fervor and hatred I get worried. It is sad that senior editor do nothing about this. This is a warning to stop running around wikipedia inserting Serer propaganda to Islamic history and African history. I am sorry Serer got killed, but start a Serer page or something to let the world know. DO not use wikipedia for Serer advocacy. this A section on Islam in Senegal is not the history of Serer oppression. COPY AND PASTING anti-Islamic POV across wikipedia , well is not nice. -- Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ ( talk) 16:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Tamsier ( talk) 17:26, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
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I looked up the Achieving Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Governance Across Social Scales and could not find Camara's name in the book. A page number would be most useful. The first reference is not reliable as it is self-published. The third source appears to be teaching materials. This is self-published as well and is not reliable. Please see WP:IRS to help identify reliable sources to use in articles on Wikipedia. If Fatou K. Camara is notable enough to be mentioned on a Wikipedia article as a scholar, then her demographic statistics should have been published in a peer-reviewed journal somewhere rather than some handout she gave at a lecture. -- Odie5533 ( talk) 01:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
WP:UNDUEIn an article about Senegal (a country) the article weight or focus must fit that demo. In other words it would be strange to read about Saudi Arabia and see more text and detail about Hinduism in Saudi. Same here. 90% Muslim means the weight of the text must favor that. Also since this article is about a country all religious should be a stub, the 1 percent cannot be larger than its weight in the country in any article.-- Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ ( talk) 21:06, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
and here [6] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tamsier ( talk • contribs) 20:41, 15 October 2011 (UTC) Tamsier ( talk) 20:44, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Wouldnt it simply be a variant on Seneschal, medieval title? some internet refs list senegal as a variant of this word, and there is a history of Senegal as a creole/french family name in louisiana, including among african americans, who probably didnt choose the country name as a family name. Just trying to further confuse the matter, sorry if i did :). (Mercurywoodrose) 12.125.80.214 ( talk) 18:31, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
There is an inconsistency in the religious demographics section. In the first paragraph it says 5% of the population is Christian, but later on it says 10% are. Tweisbach ( talk) 01:29, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
I've deleted "Just as in the Gambia, these figures should be taken with caution. <ref>The Wolof percentage above is misleading because other tribes who have been "Wolofized" (the advent of Wolofization, encouraged by certain organizations) and speak the Wolof language are added to this figure when in actual fact they are not Wolofs at all. See: African Census Analysis Project (ACAP). [[University of Pennsylvania]], Ethnic Diversity and Assimilation in Senegal: Evidence from the 1988 Census by Pierre Ngom, Aliou Gaye and Ibrahima Sarr. 2000</ref>" The source can be read at [7] and imho is a complete misrepresentation of that paper, which he uses at other articles, for some reason never mentioning "The present research confirms anecdotal evidence in the Senegalese printed press of the decreasing size of the Serer ethnic group." Dougweller ( talk) 10:11, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
The map on the right of this section bears essentially no resemblance to the list of major cities. The #2 city of the country somehow doesn't make iot onto the map (or is named differently). This totally needs to be changed. Red Slash 18:02, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
"In 1980, President Senghor decided to retire from politics, and he handed power over in 1981 to his handpicked successor, Abdou Diouf. Mamadou Dia ran for reelection in 1983 against Diouf but lost." Where does Mamadou Dia come in? This is first mention of this person. Did Abdou Diouf become president in 1981? Was he appointed or was he elected? How could Mamadou Dia run for REelection if Abdou Diouf was (still?) president? Kdammers ( talk) 03:24, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
The national motto, as I've heard it from Senegalese people, should read "Toubab, mai ma velo bi." -Kaolacker — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.83.44.105 ( talk) 16:48, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
I separated "Languages" out of the "Ethnicity" subsection of Demographics. The discussion seems to break logically at the point I inserted a subheader, and the discussion (esp. with added reference to national languages) is significant enough to stand on its own.-- A12n ( talk) 18:09, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
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Is there a reason that The Gambia is not mentioned in the opening paragraph when Senegal's borders are described? Bcostley ( talk) 00:41, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Grand Dakar should not be included on the list of largest cities since it is just a section of the city of Dakar, and even so the population of Grand Dakar is not over 2 million(Here is a link to recent census data from Senegal showing populations of the cities and their sections: http://senegal.opendataforafrica.org/SNCD2015/senegal-census-data-2013?location=1000000-senegal&indicator=1000010-total-population). Population numbers may have to be edited for some of the cities, but Grand Dakar should not be included. The list should go: Dakar 1st, Pikine 2nd, Thies 3rd). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Konoisia ( talk • contribs) 22:31, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
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What does "population weight" mean?