Ziguinchor is a region of Senegal. The region is also referred to historically and popularly as Basse Casamance.
The Karon or Kalɔɔn language is an endangered language of Senegal and Gambia. It belongs to the Bak branch of the Niger–Congo language family, and is particularly closely related to the Mlomp language.
The Mlomp language, also known as Gulompaay, is spoken in Senegal. It belongs to the Bak branch of the Niger–Congo language family, and is closely related to the Karon language.
The Jola or Diola are an ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. Most Jola live in small villages scattered throughout Senegal, especially in the Lower Casamance region. The main dialect of the Jola language, Fogni, is one of the six national languages of Senegal.
Senegal is a multilingual country: Ethnologue lists 36 languages, Wolof being the most widely spoken language.
Bignona Department is one of the three departments in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal.
Oussouye Department is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Ziguinchor Region. It's situated in Basse Casamance, on the right bank of the mouth of the Casamance River.
Jola (Joola) or Diola is a dialect continuum spoken in Senegal, the Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. It belongs to the Bak branch of the Niger–Congo language family.
Affiniam is a small town in the Bignona Department in the Ziguinchor Region of south-western Senegal. In 2002 it had a population of 1620 people. The town lies on the northern bank of the Casamance River. The area is dominated by rice farming.
Mlomp is a rural community and village in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal in the Casamance, situated approximately 40 km (25 mi) south-west of Ziguinchor.
Kagnout is a village in Casamance, Senegal. It is located near the left bank of the estuary of the Casamance River. It is part of the rural community of Mlomp, in the district of Loudia Ouoloff, the department of Oussouye and the region of Ziguinchor. Administratively, it is made up of three official villages: Cagnoute Bouhibane, Cagnoute Ebrouaye and Cagnoute Houyoho.
Thionck Essyl is a town in Ziguinchor, Senegal, located 65 km north-west of the region capital.
Médina Yacine Ba is a village in the rural community of Coubalan, located in Tenghori Arrondissement and Bignona Department, a subdivision of the Ziguinchor Region in the historical region of Casamance in the south-west of the country.
Elole is a village in the rural community of Djibidione CR, located in the arrondissement of Sindian and Bignona Department, a subdivision of the Ziguinchor Region in the historic region of Casamance in the south of the country. Elole is a landlocked town with 160 people in the town. It is located in Senegal.
Bacioucoto-Conboly is a village in Senegal, located in the Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region in the Basse Casamance area of south-west Senegal. At the census if 2002 its population was 59 inhabitants in 8 households.
Bagaya is a settlement in Senegal in the department Bignona, in the region Ziguinchor Region, in the Casamance area. Bagaya belongs to the rural community of Balinghore in the arrondissement of Tendouck. It is located on the road from Bignona to Elana between Mandégane and Diatock.
Kabiline is a large village in the Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region of southwestern Senegal. In 2002 the village had a population of 3258 people. Surrounded by rivers, it is connected by a road which leads to the N5 road, which connects it directly to the district seat of Diouloulou in the northwest.
Thiobon is a village of Senegal, located in lower Casamance, in the northeast of the subprefecture of Tendouck, 42 km from Bignona and 72 km from Ziguinchor. It is part of the Kartiack Rural community, in Tendouck Arrondissement, Bignona Department, Ziguinchor.
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. It is the main settlement of the rural community of Mlomp (Bignona), in Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region.
Baghagha is a village in Bignona Department in the Ziguinchor Region in the area of Basse Casamance in the south-west of Senegal.
