Diadjibine Gandéga (Arabic: انجاجبني الشرفه), also written Njabni, N'Djabni etc. is a village and rural commune in Mauritania. As of 2013 it had a population of 10,597 people.[1]
Diadjibine Gandéga
Arabic: انجاجبني | |
|---|---|
Commune and village | |
  Diadjibine Gandéga Location in Mauritania | |
| Coordinates: 15°44′56″N 12°28′58″W / 15.74884°N 12.48276°W | |
| Country |  Mauritania |
| Region | Gorgol |
| Department | M'Bout |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Abdou Yamadou Timera (2023-2028) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 148 sq mi (384 km2) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 10,597 |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (GMT) |
Geography
editDiadjibine Gandéga is a commune in the M'Bout moughataa (department), one of four departments in the Gorgol wilaya (administrative region).[2] It is one of the nine rural communes that make up the M'Bout department. The sprawling district as a whole has more than 120,000 people.[3]
The M'Bout region of southern Mauritania is in the Sahel. The climate is hot, with low rainfall of 150 to 350 millimetres (5.9 to 13.8 in) during the July-October rainy season and sparse vegetation. It has seen high levels of migration of workers to Nouakchott, West Africa, Europe and America in search of a better life.[2]
Diadjibine borders the commune of M'Bout the north, Tarenguet Ehel Moul to the east, to the south east by Ouldmbouni and Ajoueir, and to the south and west by Edebaye Ehl Guelay.
Events
editThe village of Diadjibine is run by the Gandéga, a Malinke people. It was founded around 1905 by Samba Mantchy Gandega. It is located on the Nouakchott-Sélibaby axis.[4]
Diadjibine Gandéga was established as a commune by the ordinance of October 20, 1987, which established the communes of Mauritania.[citation needed]
In 1989 there were inter-ethnic massacres between Moors and Black Africans in Diadjibine, causing some Black residents to flee to Europe.[5]
The Peace Corps gave a creative art workshop in Diadjibine in February 2003 to a group of ten boys and ten girls aged 12–18 years. For some of the students, this was the first time they had used colored pencils. The culmination was creation of a 4 by 18 feet (1.2 by 5.5 m) mural to be placed on a wall of the junior high school library, which was to be officialy opened in April 2003.[6]
In September 2007 the village experience torrential rains, whch caused more than 50 houses to collapse. The rains were said to be the most intense on record for one hundred years. Some families lost everything.[7]
On 25 June 2024 Outouma Antoine Souleymane Soumare, presidential candidate, stopped in the village of Njabni, where he gave a detailed presentation of his electoral program to a group of the village residents.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Diadibene Gandega". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ a b Wilaya de Gorgol.
- ^ مقاطعىة امبود: حان الوقت لرفع سقف التمثيل الإداري.
- ^ Le nom de vos chefs de villages.
- ^ Mazurier 1998.
- ^ Creativity in Life.
- ^ Message de demande d’aide.
- ^ ئارئاسيات 2024: المترشح اتوما انتوان سليمان سومارى.
Sources
edit- "مقاطعىة امبود: حان الوقت لرفع سقف التمثيل الإداري (ولاية آفطوط الشرقي", Mauritania13 (in Arabic), 11 February 2017, retrieved 2024-08-01
- "رئاسيات 2024: المترشح اتوما انتوان سليمان سومارى يعقد مھرجانا انتخابيا في كيھيدي", Radio Mauritanie (in Arabic), 25 June 2024, retrieved 2024-08-01
- "Creativity in Life" A weekend of art and creativity in Diadjibine Gandega, Peace Corp, retrieved 2024-08-03
- "Le nom de vos chefs de villages", Soninkara (in French), retrieved 2024-08-03
- Mazurier, Bruno (29 May 1998), "« S´il le faut, je retourne dans la clandestinité »", Le Parisien (in French), retrieved 2024-08-03
- "Message de demande d'aide aux sinistrés de Diadjibiné Gandega", Carrefour de la République Islamique de Mauritanie (in French), 3 September 2007, retrieved 2024-08-03
- Wilaya de Gorgol (in French), Ministry of Culture (Mauritania), retrieved 2024-08-03