Mlomp, Bignona

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Mlomp
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Mlomp
Location in Senegal
Coordinates: 12°49′44″N16°31′39″W / 12.8289°N 16.5275°W / 12.8289; -16.5275 Coordinates: 12°49′44″N16°31′39″W / 12.8289°N 16.5275°W / 12.8289; -16.5275
Country Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Region Ziguinchor
Department Bignona
Arrondissment Tendouck
Elevation 11 m (36 ft)
Population (2002) 2,746

Mlomp is a village in Lower Casamance, Senegal, located to the north of Thionck Essyl and to the south of Kartiack. At the time of the 2002 census, the locality contained 2,746 in 382 households. [1] It is the main settlement of the rural community of Mlomp (Bignona), in Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region.

Villages of Senegal

The Villages of Senegal are the lowest level administrative division of Senegal. They are constituted "by the grouping of several families or carrés in a single agglomeration.".

Casamance Geographical region in Senegal

Casamance is the area of Senegal south of the Gambia including the Casamance River. It consists of the Lower Casamance and the Upper Casamance. The largest city of Casamance is Ziguinchor.

Senegal republic in Western Africa

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History

List of chiefs of Mlomp:

Administration

Village chief : Mamadou diatta (elected 29 October 2011)

Heads of the quarters : Lamine Coly (Boundia), who died 31 May 2015 at Ziguinchor; Sahissa Mané Sambou (Etamaya); Yaya Sambou (Balokir); Abba Diédhiou (Kawaguir)

Mlomp consists of four quarters which contain 11 sub-quarters.

People from Mlomp

Youba Sambou is a Senegalese politician from Casamance who served in the government of Senegal as Minister of the Armed Forces from 2000 to 2002. He also served as Mayor of Bignona and was elected as a member of the National Assembly in 2007.

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