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CFA franc

Common currency of several West and Central African countries, including Senegal, pegged to the euro.

In West Africa the CFA franc of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (code XOF) is issued by the central bank BCEAO in Dakar. The rate is fixed: 655.957 CFA francs equal one euro.

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