Mlomp is a rural community and village in the Ziguinchor Region of

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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 Diola language, and many also speak the Ouolof language and French.

Administration

The rural district (''communauté rurale'') of Mlomp belongs to the

Loudia Ouolof Arrondissement Loudia Ouolof Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Oussouye Department in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastl ...

, 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, Karabane, Loudia Diola, Loudia Ouolof, Oussouye, Pointe Saint Georges, Samatit, Bouhimban.

Demographics

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 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 ...

, Mlomp Etebemaye. The population is mainly

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

(80%), but it also includes animists (19%) and

Muslims Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

(1%). The Mlomp language takes the name of the area.

Economy

Main products produced in Mlomp include

rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...

honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of pl ...

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...

and

vegetables Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including flowers, fruits, ...

basket A basket is a container that is traditionally constructed from stiff Fiber, fibers, and can be made from a range of materials, including wood splints, Stolon, runners, and cane. While most baskets are made from plant materials, other materials ...

tapestries Tapestry is a form of textile art which was traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Normally it is used to create images rather than patterns. Tapestry is relatively fragile, and difficult to make, so most historical pieces are intended to han ...

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

, and sea food.

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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