Practical Information
Everything you need to know about your holiday: transport, payment types accepted, practical information about the Resort and the country.
CLUB MED CAP SKIRRING
B.P. 9 ZIGUINCHOR
Country overlook
Official country name: Republic of Senegal
Capital: Dakar
Capital: Dakar
Land area: 196,720 km²
Population: 11.6 million inhabitants
Peoples and ethnic groups: Wolof (36 %), Sérère (17 %), Fula (17 %), Tuculor (9 %), Diola (9 %), Mandingue (9 %), Malinké, European (1 %) and Lebanese
Languages: French (official language) and Wolof for most of the polulation. But also Diola, Fula, Malinké and Mandingue
Religions: 85 % are Moslems. Traditional religions are practised by 6% of the population Christians represent about 2%
Political institutions: presidential régime
President: Abdoulaye Wade
Prime minister: Macky Sall
GDP: 18,868 billion $US
GDP per capita: 1,813 $US
Annual growth rate: 1,7%
Inflation: 0,8%
Principal activities : Based on agriculture, the Senegalese economy has been dependent on groundnuts for over a century, even if it has also turned to rice and cotton Since the 1980s income from fish exports has overtaken the income from groundnuts. Tourism represents 10 % of the country's income.
Principal partners: France, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Algeria, China and Japan.
Health
Medical assistance in the Village
- Infirmary : open every day, located in the Village. Sale of first-aid medicine. Two nurses are present at pre-defined times. Medical consultations upon request (payment in local currency)
- First-aid kit at disposal in the different departments of the Village
* Medical assistance outside the Village :
- chemist/Pharmacy in Cap Skirring
- specialised practicioners in Dakar
* Compulsory vaccinations (even without an obligation from the local authorities) : yellow fever.The vaccination is valid for ten years and can be done at least ten days before the departure.
* Recommended vaccinations
- Diphtheria
- Tetanus
- Polio
- Typhoid
- Hepatitis A and B
- A vaccination against Meningitis A and C can be advised - please ask for information before your departure.
Paludism :
- Paludal endemic area ; strict preventive measures are necessary.
- Some parasitic diseases can be transmitted by mosquito bites. The use
of skin and clothing insect repellents is strongly recommended.
Local transport
Transfer Village / Ziguinchor*
Means of payment in the Village
Local currency : Franc CFA
- Exchange office in the Village
* Located at the front office
- Cash dispenser :
* No possibility of withdrawing money in the Village, nor in Cap Skirring
* It is strongly recommended to take cash.
Credit cards accepted (for payments only)
- American Express
- Visa
- Mastercard
- Other payment facilities accepted in the Village
- Travellers' cheques, mainly in dollars and euros
- Cash (local currency)
Practical life
Internet*, Photographer*, Shopping*
* At an additional charge
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