Thiobon is a village of

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

, located in lower

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, in the northeast of the

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Tendouck Tendouck Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Bignona Department in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal. Subdivisions The arrondissement is divided administratively into 5 rural communities Sociologists have identified a number of differen ...

, 42 km from

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 ...

and 72 km from

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 ...

. It is part of the Kartiack

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, in

Tendouck Arrondissement Tendouck Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Bignona Department in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') of ...

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 ...

. Creeks separate the village is from

Baïla Baïla is a village in the rural community of Suelle, Sindian, Bignona, Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal. History Boukout, a Jola rite of passage, took place in Baïla for the first time in 1971, but it was 36 years before it was held there aga ...

to the north and from Diouloulou and the islands of Carones and

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to the west. It is bordered on the south by the village of

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and on the east by the village of Kartiack. Thiobon includes several uninhabited islands (Diadédiome, Koudièle, Djiyinène, Kayène-hourer, Kahahène, Diendiènaye, Kareugheul, Taminang, Houtanghate-Kouseumpoul, Houssoudia, Mainduènou) where

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is carried out and bird nesting site called Houlèouteuhou. Thiobon can be accessed by river or by road (Boucle du Blouf). The town is made up of five quarters: Amanque, Dablé, Erindian, Kabine and Kafone.

Population

In the last census (2002), the village contained inhabitants and 193 households.PEPAM
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and the main economic activities are

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, handicrafts and commerce.

Social organisation

The village is structured around an association, a

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, and a women's group (GPF). The Association pour la Rénovation de Thiobon (ASSORETH) is the largest structure of the group because it contains residents and citizens. The members meet annually in a general assembly at which the problems facing the village are discussed and solutions are proposed. The association is funded solely by contributions from its members which are fixed at ten thousand

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s waged and a thousand CFA francs unwaged. These contributions are used by the village to carry out projects in the areas of education, health, etc. In order to attain its economic, social and cultural development objectives, the village of Thiobon held its first cultural festival from 24 to 31 December 2011. This initiative was intended to reinforce the unity of the village youth. Following the success of this festival, the village decided to make it an annual event. It was held for the second time from 2 to 4 April 2013, during the Easter holiday, immediately after ASSORETH's general assembly. The new date reflected feedback received from the first event - December coincides with the harvest and this had reduced the ability of women to participate in the daytime activities of the first event. The theme of the second event was "Peace and Protection of the Environment for the Development of Casamance."

References

External links

Plan local d'hydraulique et d'assainissement (PLHA) : Communauté rurale de Kartiack
(PEPAM, October 2007) {{Bignona Department Populated places in the Bignona Department