Mlomp

Mlomp
Rural community and village
Mlomp village and well
Mlomp
Coordinates: 12°33′13″N 16°35′20″W / 12.55361°N 16.58889°W / 12.55361; -16.58889
Country	Senegal
Region	Ziguinchor Region
Department	Oussouye Department
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Population (2006)
• Total	8,500
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Mlomp is a rural community and village in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal in the Casamance, situated approximately 40 km (25 mi) 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 Diola language, and many also speak the Ouolof language and French.^[1]

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 :

Badjigui
Cagnoute Bouhibane
Cagnoute Ebrouaye
Cagnoute Houyoho
Djiromait
Efissao
Elinkine
Kadjinolle Ebankine
Kadjinolle Hassouka
Kadjinolle Kadianka
Kadjinolle Kafone
Kadjinolle Kagnao
Kadjinolle Sagheur
Loudia Diola
Loudia Ouoloff
Mlomp Djibetene
Mlomp Djicomol
Mlomp Etebemaye
Mlomp Haer
Mlomp Kadjifolong
Pointe Saint-Georges
Sam Sam
Samatit
Santhiaba Ouolof

Mlomp has an elementary and secondary school, a dispensary, and a town hall.^[2]

Geography

The localities closest to Mlomp are Djiromait, Elinkine, Kagnout, Karabane, Loudia Diola, Loudia Ouolof, Oussouye, Pointe Saint Georges, Samatit, Bouhimban.

Demographics

An elderly Mlomp woman

According to PEPAM, (Programme d'eau potable et d'assainissement du Millénaire), 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 (480 inhabitants), Mlomp Djicomol (993 inhabitants) and Mlomp Kadjifolong (843 inhabitants), Mlomp Haer, Mlomp Etebemaye. The population is mainly Christian (80%), but it also includes animists (19%) and Muslims (1%).^[2]

The Mlomp language takes the name of the area.

Economy

Traditional diola architecture

Main products produced in Mlomp include rice, wines, honey, fruit and vegetables, baskets, tapestries, fish, sea food, cheptel and plaits.^[2]

References

↑ "Population characteristics of the Mlomp DSA". The International Development Research Center. Retrieved September 17, 2008.
1 2 3 SEM page on the town

Bibliography

(English) 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.
(French) Emmanuelle Amice, Evaluation et intérêt d'un test de diagnostic rapide du paludisme à Mlomp, Sénégal, 2005 thèse
(French) Géraldine Duthé, La transition sanitaire en milieu rural sénégalais : évolution de la mortalité à Mlomp depuis 1985 et influence du paludisme chimiorésistant, 2006 (thèse)
(French) 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.
(French) 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.
(French) Gilles Pison, Alexis Gabadinho et Catherine Enel, Niveaux et tendances démographiques : 1985-1999 : Mlomp, Sénégal, Paris, INED, Dossiers et recherches n° 103, 2001
(French) Gilles Pison, Alexis Gabadinho et Catherine Enel, Mlomp : un observatoire de population et de santé au Sénégal (rapport illustré), INED, Paris, 2002, 36 p.
(French) Gilles Pison, Catherine Enel, Pascal Arduin, R. Laurent et Géraldine Duthé, Population et santé à Mlomp (Sénégal) (brochure), Paris, INED, 2002, p. 1-29.
(French) 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
(French) Muriel Scibilia, La Casamance ouvre ses cases. Tourisme au Sénégal, L’Harmattan, 2003, 174 p. ISBN 2-85802-676-9.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mlomp.

(English) Maps, weather and airports for Mlomp
(English) Mlomp DSS, Senegal
(French) M'lomp sur le site du SEM
(French) Communauté rurale de Mlomp sur le site PEPAM
(French) Mlomp Dibetene sur le site PEPAM
(French) Mlomp Djicomol sur le site PEPAM
(French) Mlomp Kadjifolomg sur le site PEPAM

Bignona Department

Capital: Bignona

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Arrondissement of Tendouck	Balinghor CR: Bagaya Balinghor Mandégane Diégoune CR: Diégoune Djimande Kagnobon Kartiack CR: Bassire Dianki Kartiack Thiobon Mangagoulack CR: Affiniam Bodé Boutem Bouthégol Diatock Djilapaô Elana Mangagoulack Tendouck Mlomp CR: Mlomp Edjamat Thionck Essyl CR: Thionck Essyl

Arrondissement of Tenghory	Coubalan CR: Boulindieng Boureck Boutolatte Carrefour Djilacoune Coubalan Coubanao Diemecounda Dioubour Djiguinoume Djilacoune Djining Fangoumé Fintiock Hatioune Kafaye Karamba Mandouar I Medina Yacine Ba Niandane Tapilane Niamone CR: Baghagha Colomba N Diagobel Diandialate Diengue Gérina Kandiou Niamone Tabi Tobor Ouonck CR: Babatte Balenkine-Sud Bouhinor Boulendor Bouyal Congoly Diagno Diagour Djikoutang Djinoubor O Djiringoumane Ghamoune Kigninding Mandouard II Ndiagne Ndiéba Oufoulo Ouonck Santack Sindialong Souda Togho Tenghory CR: Badiouré Bani Bindago Boutolate Diakine Diarone Diourou Djilonding Djimakakor Djiticoubong Djiwa Edjilaye Falméré Francounda Ghoniame Kafesse Kassila Khaoudiou Koutenghor Mangoulène centre Mangoulène Dioga Mangoulène Nialor Mangoulène Oubème Niassarang Ousseuk Petit Koulaye Piran Sandougou Soutou Takème Tao Tendième Tendimane Tenghory Tenghory Transgambienne Thiangouth

Coordinates: 12°49′44″N 16°31′39″W / 12.82889°N 16.52750°W / 12.82889; -16.52750

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