'''Senegal''' (; ; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal''), officially the '''Republic of Senegal''' (; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Arabic: جمهورية السنغال ''Jumhuriat As-Sinighal''), is a country in West Africa. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania in the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast, and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar.