Thilogne is a small town in north-east
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 井仆井內丐中五 (Senegaali); Arabic: 塈堻媞塈 ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''R矇ewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 井仆不丐仆不五 ...
with the status of a commune. It lies in the
Matam Department of
Matam Region
Matam is a region of Senegal (regional capitals have the same name as their respective regions).
It is a stark, flat, arid place bounded on the north by the S矇n矇gal River and the south by the Sahelian plain studded with baobab trees. Matam i ...
, from
Ka矇di
Ka矇di ( ar, 堹) is the largest city and administrative center of the Gorgol Region of Southern Mauritania, located on the border with Senegal. It is approximately 435 km from Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott.
Overview
The city ...
, Mauretania and connected to
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...
via the
N2 road This is a list of roads designated N2. Roads entries are sorted in alphabetical order by country.
* N2 (Bangladesh), connects Dhaka and Tamabil via Sylhet
* N2 road (Belgium), connects Brussels and Maastricht
* National Road 2 (Democratic Repub ...
.
In 2013 Thilogne had a population of just over 10,000.
[ ] There are twelve mosques, two elementary schools, a middle school, and a ''lyc矇e'' (high school). There is a dispensary and a small market.
Thilogne is twinned with
Trappes
Trappes () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines departments of France, department, region of le-de-France, north-central France. It is a banlieue located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris, i ...
in France.
History
Thilogne is part of the
Futa Tooro
Futa Toro ( Wolof and ff, Fuuta Tooro ''今兮丐 亢云亢''; ar, 堛塈 堛堭), often simply the Futa, is a semidesert region around the middle run of the Senegal River. This region is along the border of Senegal and ...
region of northwestern Senegal. From the 9th to the 13th centuries it was part of the state of
Takrur
Takrur, Tekrur or Tekrour ( 800 c. 1285) was an ancient state of West Africa, which flourished roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire.
Origin
Takrur was the capital of the state which flourished on the lower Senegal River. Takruri was a ...
and by the
Empire of Great Fulo
The Empire of Great Fulo, also known as the Denanke Kingdom or Denianke Kingdom, was a Pulaar kingdom of Senegal, which dominated the Futa Tooro region. Its population dominated its neighbors through use of cavalry and fought wars against the Mal ...
from AD 1490 to 1776 when it was taken over by France and served as the capital of Fouta.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Thilogne was part of Matam Department, Fleuve Region.
The ''Thilogne Association D矇veloppement'' (Thilogne Development Association) was established in 1995; it organizes a festival every two years and has helped to rehalititate and construct schools and a dispensary.
References
Populated places in Matam Region
Communes of Senegal
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