by the Central Intelligence Agency

“ Ethnic divisions: 36% Wolof, 17.5% Fulani, 16.5% Serer, 9% Tukulor, 9% Dyola, 6.5% Malinke, 4.5% other African, 1% Europeans and Lebanese
Religion: 80% Muslim, 15% animist, 5% Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
Language: French official, but regular use limited to literate minority; most Senegalese speak own tribal language; use of Wolof vernacular spreading—now spoken to some degree by nearly half the population
Literacy: 10% (est.) in 14 plus age group
Labor force: 1,732,000; about 80% subsistence agricultural workers ”

“ Branches: government dominated by President who is assisted by Prime Minister, appointed by President, and subject to dismissal by President or censure by National Assembly; 100-member National Assembly, elected for five years (effective 1978) ”

“ Union pour la Démocratique Populaire (UDP) , Marxist-Leninist group led by Hamedine Racine Guisse; Parti Populaire Sénégalaise (PPS) , ill-defined left-leaning Nationalist group led by Oumar Wone.
Communists: small number of Communists and sympathizers
Other political or pressure groups: students and teachers occasionally strike
Member of: AFDB, APC, CEAO, EAMA, ECA, ECOWAS, EIB (associate) , FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ISCON, ITU, NAM, OAU, OCAM, OMVS (Organization for the Development of the Senegal River Valley) , UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO ”