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                  The temperature varies only little along the coast, between 20 and 28 degrees during daytime but humidity can reach between 80-98% during the rainy season, which makes it quite uncomfortable. Inland and in the south temperatures are mostly above 30 degrees. Generally October is by far the hottest month in the year, therefore travellers chose mostly the months December till May to visit Senegal, because even if the sun is very bright the night temperature can fall till 16 degrees on the coast.                                                         All depends on the winds which mostly blow from the sea. Sometimes we get Harmattan, a dry hot wind from the Sahara, carrying sand and dust covering the normally deep blue sky like fog.

                                                                    The temperature varies only little along the coast, between 20 and 28 degrees during daytime but humidity can reach between 80-98% during the rainy season, which makes it quite uncomfortable. Inland and in the south temperatures are mostly above 30 degrees. Generally October is by far the hottest month in the year, therefore travellers chose mostly the months December till May to visit Senegal, because even if the sun is very bright the night temperature can fall till 16 degrees on the coast. All depends on the winds which mostly blow from the sea. Sometimes we get Harmattan, a dry hot wind from the Sahara, carrying sand and dust covering the normally deep blue sky like fog.

                           If you are interested in traditional societies, the Bassari and the Bedic are still rather authentic ones.  As they live in a remote area in the east, behind the National park Niokolo Koba and towards the Guinean border there exists very little exchange with the outside world certainly one of the reasons allowing this population to maintain their ancient life style. 

     The languages                                                                                                                                  Each ethnic group has its own language. French and Wolof are the official languages. In school French is used and since 2 years the use of some local languages was introduces especially in primary school.                                                                 Religion                                                                                                                                           90% of the population is Moslem; about 5% are Christians (mainly Catholics) and other 4% believe in traditional religions.                                                                    The health system                                                                                                                           In the bigger towns and especially in Dakar you can find a good number of health services, some of them, the private ones, are often equipped with ultramodern examination tools. Pharmacies and medical doctors are many, which can not be said for the rural areas where health services are still too scarce.

     Education                                                                                                                                  The illiteracy rate among adults is still very high, about 70%. The government is undertaking much effort to improve the enrolment of the children into school, today about 86% attend classes. Unfortunately the defaulter rate is still quite important. The lessons are taught in French and very recently in order to improve the children’s language skills the use of local languages was introduced, especially during the first school years. In French-Arab bilingual schools the teaching language is Arab. Government and NGOs join their efforts in order to improve the adults reading and writing capacities.

     There exist 2 Universities in Senegal, with the main one in Dakar and the second one in St.Louis. Students are able to choose among the 4 faculties: Medicine and Pharmacy, Natural Science, Law, Language and Humanities. During the last years many superior professional schools, some of them international ones, opened their doors in Dakar and if one has the money, one also has the choice! Unfortunately professional and technical training is nearly inexistent in Senegal therefore youngsters who haven’t got the chance to go to university are either on the road or try to earn their daily living through occupations among the informal sector. 

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