Mlomp is a
village
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in Lower
Casamance
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,
Senegal
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, located to the north of
Thionck Essyl
Thionck Essyl (also called Tionk Essil) is a small town and urban commune in Ziguinchor, Senegal, located 65 km north-west of the region capital.
Etymology
The name of the town means "cook remaining crouched."
History
The origins of the t ...
and to the south of . At the time of the 2002 census, the locality contained in 382 households.
It is the main settlement of the
rural community
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The basic trend seems to be one in which communities a ...
of Mlomp (Bignona), in
Bignona Department of the
Ziguinchor Region.
History
List of chiefs of Mlomp:
* Landiany Sambou (1882–1903)
* Abdou Niamby Sambou (1903–1929)
* Idrissa Horro Sambou (1929–1945)
* Lalo Diatta (1945–1952)
* Mamadou Sambou (1952–1995)
* Idrissa Sambou (1995–2011)
* Mamadou diatta (2011–present)
Administration
Village chief : Mamadou diatta (elected 29 October 2011)
Heads of the quarters : Lamine Coly (Boundia), who died 31 May 2015 at Ziguinchor;
Sahissa Mané Sambou (Etamaya);
Yaya Sambou (Balokir);
Abba Diédhiou (Kawaguir)
Mlomp consists of four quarters which contain 11 sub-quarters.
* Boundia Quarter. Sub-quarters : Boussoya, Djifalone, Manana.
* Balokir Quarter. Sub-quarters : Balokir, Dialome, Kagogoune.
* Etamaya Quarter. Sub-quarters : Koubananck, Kagnédième, Boffé, Bakobote
* Kawaguir Quarter. Sub-quarters : Bondine, Dialome.
People from Mlomp
*
Youba Sambou, Senegalese Minister of Armed Forces (2000–2002)
References
External links
Plan local d'hydraulique et d'assainissement (PLHA) : Communauté rurale de Mlomp (Bignona)(PEPAM, July 2010)
* Association Un, File on the village of Mlomp
PDF(1999)
{{Bignona Department
Populated places in the Bignona department