Mlomp is a rural community and village 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 , image_skylin ...

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in the Casamance, situated approximately south-west of

Ziguinchor Ziguinchor (; wo, Siggcoor ; ar, زيغينكور) is the capital of the Ziguinchor Region, and the chief town of the Casamance area of Senegal, lying at the mouth of the Casamance River. It has a population of over 230,000 (2007 estimate). It ...

. As of 2000, it had a population of 7,628, rising to around 8,500 in 2006. Most inhabitants are of Diola ethnicity and speaking the

Diola language Jola (french: Diola; Jola: ''Joola''), also called Jola-Fonyi (french: Diola-Fogny) and Kujamataak, is a language spoken by half a million people in the Casamance region of Senegal, and neighboring countries. Jola-Fonyi is one of several closely ...

, and many also speak the Ouolof language and

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Administration

The rural district (''communauté rurale'') of Mlomp belongs to the

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of Loudia Ouolof, in the

Oussouye Department 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. Administration Oussouye is its main village, which is also the on ...

of the

. Within the district are the villages of : Mlomp has an elementary and secondary school, a dispensary, and a town hall.SEM page on the town
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Geography

The localities closest to Mlomp are Djiromait,

Elinkine Elinkine (also called Elinlin or Elinkinde) is a town in Casamance, Senegal, located at the mouth of the Casamance River, from Oussouye. History A treaty between France and the leaders of Kagnout took place in Elinkine on March 25, 1851, resultin ...

Kagnout Kagnout (also called Cagnout or Cagnut) 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 Ou ...

, Karabane, Loudia Diola, Loudia Ouolof,

Oussouye Oussouye (or Husuy in Kasa language, JolaWilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.) is an urban commu ...

, Pointe Saint Georges, Samatit, Bouhimban.

Demographics

According to PEPAM, (

Programme d'eau potable et d'assainissement du Millénaire Programme d'eau potable et d'assainissement du Millénaire (PEPAM, English: ''The Millennium Drinking Water and Sanitation Program'') is an agency that works on drinking water and sanitation access in Senegal. The minister who runs it is the Minis ...

), the commune of Mlomp has a population of 7,628 persons living in 1,062 individual households. Among the 24 villages of the community, three bear the name of Mlomp. These include the village of

Mlomp Djibetene Mlomp is a rural community and village in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal in the Casamance, situated approximately south-west of Ziguinchor. As of 2000, it had a population of 7,628, rising to around 8,500 in 2006. Most inhabitants are of Dio ...

(480 inhabitants),

Mlomp Djicomol Mlomp is a rural community and village in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal in the Casamance, situated approximately south-west of Ziguinchor. As of 2000, it had a population of 7,628, rising to around 8,500 in 2006. Most inhabitants are of Dio ...

(993 inhabitants) and Mlomp Kadjifolong (843 inhabitants),

Mlomp Haer Mlomp is a rural community and village in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal in the Casamance, situated approximately south-west of Ziguinchor. As of 2000, it had a population of 7,628, rising to around 8,500 in 2006. Most inhabitants are of Dio ...

Mlomp Etebemaye Mlomp is a rural community and village in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal in the Casamance, situated approximately south-west of Ziguinchor. As of 2000, it had a population of 7,628, rising to around 8,500 in 2006. Most inhabitants are of Dio ...

. The population is mainly

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(80%), but it also includes

animists Animism (from Latin: ' meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence. Potentially, animism perceives all things—animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather systems, huma ...

(19%) and

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

(1%). 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. Mlomp is mainly spoken in the village of Mlomp to the north of ...

takes the name of the area.

Economy

Main products produced in Mlomp include

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...

honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...

and

vegetables Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, ...

, baskets, tapestries,

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

sea food The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of water, body of saline water, salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote List of seas, second-order sections of ...

, and cheptel.

References

Bibliography

* Catherine Enel et Gilles Pison, « Sexual relations in the rural area of Mlomp (Casamance, Senegal) » in T. Dyson (sous la direction de), ''Sexual behaviour and networking: anthropological and socio-cultural studies on the transmission of HIV'', Liège, Derouaux Ordina Editions, 1992, p. 249-267. * Emmanuelle Amice, ''Evaluation et intérêt d'un test de diagnostic rapide du paludisme à Mlomp, Sénégal'', 2005 thèse * Géraldine Duthé, ''La transition sanitaire en milieu rural sénégalais : évolution de la mortalité à Mlomp depuis 1985 et influence du paludisme chimiorésistant'', 2006 (thèse) * Gilles Pison, Monique Lefebvre, Catherine Enel et Jean-François Trape, ''L'influence des changements sanitaires sur l'évolution de la mortalité. Le cas de Mlomp (Sénégal) depuis 50 ans'', Paris, INED, Dossiers et recherches n° 26, 1990, 46 p. * Catherine Enel, Gilles Pison et Monique Lefebvre, ''Migrations et évolution de la nuptialité : l'exemple d'un village Joola du Sud du Sénégal, Mlomp'', Paris, INED, Dossiers et recherches n° 28, 1989, 26 p. * Gilles Pison, Alexis Gabadinho et Catherine Enel, ''Niveaux et tendances démographiques : 1985-1999 : Mlomp, Sénégal'', Paris, INED, Dossiers et recherches n° 103, 2001 * Gilles Pison, Alexis Gabadinho et Catherine Enel, ''Mlomp : un observatoire de population et de santé au Sénégal'' (rapport illustré), INED, Paris, 2002, 36 p. * Gilles Pison, Catherine Enel, Pascal Arduin, R. Laurent et Géraldine Duthé, ''Population et santé à Mlomp (Sénégal)'' (brochure), Paris, INED, 2002, p. 1-29. * Gilles Pison et Catherine Enel, « Le passage à l’âge adulte et la constitution de la famille. Évolutions récentes à Mlomp (Sénégal) », in Kokou Vignikin Kokou et Patrice Vimard (sous la direction de), ''Familles au Nord, Familles au Sud'', Louvain-la-Neuve, Academia-Bruylant, 2005, p. 155-177 * Muriel Scibilia, ''La Casamance ouvre ses cases. Tourisme au Sénégal'', L’Harmattan, 2003, 174 p. .

External links

Maps, weather and airports for Mlomp

M'lomp sur le site du SEM

Communauté rurale de Mlomp sur le site PEPAM

Mlomp Dibetene sur le site PEPAM

Mlomp Djicomol sur le site PEPAM

Mlomp Kadjifolomg sur le site PEPAM
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