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*** SENEGAL ***
To know:
The state is an excellent destination for visiting the continent, in fact Senegal has a desert region to the north and the tropical savannah in the center and south, it also has a very modern capital, Dakar, but of course there are also more picturesque and traditional cities both on the coast and inland, finally it has a magnificent coastline. The national tree of Senegal is the gigantic baobab tree, widespread not only in the south but also in the savannahs around Thiès and Sine Saloum and in the same area of Cape Verde.
Background:
Traces of Neolithic activity are present on almost all of its territory, there are many finds that prove it.
In the seventh century the first kingdoms appeared; they linked to the Empire of Ghana. In the 11th century, what is now the dominant religion of the country began to spread: Islam.
The Portuguese in 1500 were the first to settle in the country, while the French in 1659 founded the first capital of Senegal: the city of Saint-Louis. Later it became a French colony and then gained independence from France on April 4, 1960 which became effective on June 20 of the same year.