Senegal
Western Africa · Dakar
Everything Mapfold knows about Senegal, and the 5 answers that pick it out of all 192 countries the game can hide.
Senegal in figures
- Capital
- Dakar
- Region
- Western Africa
- Area
- 196,722 km²
- Population
- 18,931,966
- Density
- 96.2 /km²
- Land neighbours
- 5
- Coast
- Has a coast
- Highest point
- 531 m
- Mean temperature
- 28.9 °C
- Life expectancy
- 68.9 years
- GDP per head
- US$ 1,955
- Urban
- 55.8 %
- Forest
- 41.3 %
Senegal in Mapfold
Every question in the game, and what Senegal answers to it. This is not a fact about Senegal so much as a fact about where it sits among the other 191 — which is the only kind of fact a deduction game runs on.
The shortest way to find Senegal
5 answers are enough to leave Senegal alone in the daylight, starting from all 192. Taking the largest available cut each time, which is what the game scores you against:
- 1
It is in Africa.
54 STILL IN DAYLIGHT - 2
More than 30% of it is forest.
18 STILL IN DAYLIGHT - 3
It borders five or more countries.
8 STILL IN DAYLIGHT - 4
Its highest point is below 2,000 m.
3 STILL IN DAYLIGHT - 5
More than ten million people live there.
1 STILL IN DAYLIGHT
What makes Senegal unusual
It is in Africa.
54 of 192 countriesIt borders five or more countries.
60 of 192 countriesMore than ten million people live there.
95 of 192 countries
Every Mapfold question, answered
All 35 questions Mapfold can put to the world, ordered by how much hearing this answer would narrow it.
- REGION
It is in Africa.
54 of 192 countries - BORDERS
It borders five or more countries.
60 of 192 countries - NATURE
Its highest point is below 2,000 m.
74 of 192 countries - LOCATION
It lies west of 20°E.
95 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
More than ten million people live there.
95 of 192 countries - NATURE
More than 30% of it is forest.
100 of 192 countries - CLIMATE
It averages warmer than 22 °C all year.
104 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
Life expectancy there is below 75.
107 of 192 countries - SIZE
It covers more than 100,000 km².
107 of 192 countries - ECONOMY
GDP per head is below $12,000.
114 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
Fewer than 70% of people live in towns and cities.
119 of 192 countries - LOCATION
It runs wider than it is tall.
126 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
More than 50 people live there per square kilometre.
133 of 192 countries - SIZE
It is bigger than Belgium.
135 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
It is thinner than 150 people per square kilometre.
136 of 192 countries - BORDERS
It borders at least two countries.
138 of 192 countries - SIZE
It covers less than 500,000 km².
141 of 192 countries - CLIMATE
It averages over 12 °C all year.
143 of 192 countries - REGION
It is not in Asia.
146 of 192 countries - REGION
It is not in Europe.
148 of 192 countries - BORDERS
It touches the sea.
149 of 192 countries - LOCATION
It lies in the northern hemisphere.
154 of 192 countries - BORDERS
It has at least one land neighbour.
155 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
More than a million people live there.
156 of 192 countries - REGION
It is not in the Americas.
157 of 192 countries - LOCATION
Its centre lies south of 45°N.
160 of 192 countries - PEOPLE
Fewer than fifty million people live there.
161 of 192 countries - ECONOMY
GDP per head is below $40,000.
163 of 192 countries - LOCATION
Neither tropic crosses it.
165 of 192 countries - NATURE
Less than 60% of it is forest.
166 of 192 countries - ECONOMY
It does not use the euro.
167 of 192 countries - NATURE
Its highest point is over 500 m.
171 of 192 countries - LOCATION
It spans less than 20° of longitude.
175 of 192 countries - REGION
It is not in Oceania.
179 of 192 countries - LOCATION
The equator does not cross it.
181 of 192 countries
How Senegal compares
- Bigger than Syria
- Smaller than Kyrgyzstan
- More people than Guatemala
- Fewer people than Romania
- 86th largest of 192 by area
- 68th by population, of 192
Which countries border Senegal
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