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 Diola ethnicity and speaking the

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, and many also speak the

Ouolof language Wolof (; Wolofal: ) is a language of Senegal, Mauritania, and the Gambia, and the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo language famil ...

and

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Administration

The rural district (''communauté rurale'') of Mlomp belongs to the arrondissement of Loudia Ouolof, in the Oussouye Department of the Ziguinchor Region. 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, Kagnout,

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, Loudia Diola, Loudia Ouolof, Oussouye,

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Samatit Samatit is a village in the rural community of Mlomp, Loudia Ouoloff, Oussouye, Ziguinchor, Casamance. Geography The nearest towns are Carabane, Kagnout, Loudia Diola, Elinkine Elinkine (also called Elinlin or Elinkinde) is a town in Casaman ...

, Bouhimban.

Demographics

According to PEPAM, (

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), 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 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 (19%) and Muslims (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, wines,

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, fruit and vegetables, baskets, tapestries, fish,

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, 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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