Diouloulou

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Diouloulou
Town and commune
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Diouloulou
Location in Senegal
Coordinates: 13°3′N16°36′W / 13.050°N 16.600°W / 13.050; -16.600
Country Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Region Ziguinchor
Department Bignona
Area
 • Town and commune 4.769 km2 (1.841 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census) [1]
 • Town and commune 8,109
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Diouloulou is a small town and commune in the Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region of southwestern Senegal. In 2002, the town had a population of 2,725. [2]

The village of Diouloulou was the capital of the rural community of Diouloulou and of the arrondissement of Diouloulou. In 2008, the town gained the status of a "commune". This was connected with the separation of the urban area from the territory of the rural community and from the arrondissement, whose main place and namesake henceforth was the village of Kataba I. The urban area includes the villages of Djibaly, Badionkoto, Missira, Brikamanding 2, Aïnoumane and Santhiba. [3]

Diouloulou, a quiet, unremarkable town, [4] lies along the N5 road. There is a small church, Eglise de Diouloulou, in the southern outskirts of the town, [5] and a campement at Auberge Myriam. [6]

Senegal national football team forward Lamine Camara is a native of Diouloulou.

History

In April 2002, an MFDC splinter group, the North Front, led by Kamouguc Diatta, carried out an attack on the town, a month after assaulting Kafountine. [7] On December 20, 2005, armed gunmen assassinated Cherif Samsidine Nema Aidara, a government ambassador to the Casamance peace process, at his home in the town. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population and area of Diouloulou Commune
  2. ↑ "Localité de Diouloulou". PEPAM. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ↑ DECRET n° 2008-748 du 10 juillet 2008 portant création de communes dans les régions de . . . Ziguinchor.
  4. ↑ Connolly, Sean (5 November 2015). Senegal. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 331. ISBN   978-1-84162-913-1.
  5. ↑ Google (10 September 2016). "Diouloulou" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Trillo, Richard (2 June 2008). The Rough Guide to West Africa. Rough Guides Limited. p. 627. ISBN   978-1-4053-8068-3.
  7. ↑ Africa Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report. Kogan Page Publishers. 2003. p. 277. ISBN   978-0-7494-4065-7.
  8. ↑ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Government Printing Office. p. 462. ISBN   978-0-16-081399-3.
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