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  1. Date of Independence: August 20, 1960
  2. Date of Current Constitution: March 3, 1963
  3. Population: 10,051,930 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 75,951 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Dakar
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Main Industries: food processing, fishing, light manufacturing, mining
  8. Agriculture: peanuts, millet, rice, sorghum
  9. Natural Resources: fish, phosphate, iron 
  10. Currency: Communaute Financi√®re Africaine (CFA) franc
  11. GDP: $15.6 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per capita: $1,600 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo
  14. Religions: Islam, indigenous beliefs, Christianity
  15. Literacy Rate: 33%
  16. Life Expectancy:    55 years (male)
  17.                 61 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 44 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 11 deaths per 1,000 population