Affiniam is a small town in the
Bignona Department
Bignona Department is one of the three departments in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal.
Districts
Within the department are three urban communes: Bignona, Thionck Essyl and Diouloulou
The rest of the department is divided administratively int ...
in the
Ziguinchor Region
Ziguinchor is a region of Senegal (regional capitals have the same name as their respective regions). The region is also referred to historically and popularly as Basse Casamance
, settlement_type = Geographical region
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of south-western
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
. 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.
A dam was built in 1988 in collaboration with
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
on the
mangrove to
Bignona
Bignona is a town with commune status located in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal (Casamance). It briefly appears in the movie ''Binta and the Great Idea.''
Its population on 2013 was 27,826.
Notable people
*Landing Savané, politician
*Ibrahi ...
to desalinate and
irrigate
Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been develop ...
the
rice fields. The project did not really succeed due to lack of
management
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includes the activities o ...
and technical resources.
Affiniam contains what has been described as
"a splendid
impluvium
The ''impluvium'' (pl. ''impluvia'') is a water-catchment pool system meant to capture rain-water flowing from the ''compluvium'', or slanted roof. Often placed "inside", instead of "outside", a building, it is a notable feature in many archite ...
- a large, round mud house with a funnel-shaped roof" which was a place of refuge during wartime.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in the Bignona Department
Arrondissement of Tendouck
Casamance River
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