Fouta Djallon (Fula: Fuuta Jaloo, ࢻُوتَ جَلࣾو, 𞤊𞤵𞥅𞤼𞤢 𞤔𞤢𞤤𞤮𞥅; Arabic: فوتا جالون) is a highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding...
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Imamate of Futa Jallon (redirect from Kingdom of Fouta Djallon)
Emirate of Timbo,: 50 was a West African Islamic State based in the Fouta Djallon highlands of modern Guinea. The state was founded in 1725 by a Fulani...
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Pular language (redirect from Fouta Djallon language)
(𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪) is a Fula language spoken primarily by the Fula people of Fouta Djallon, Guinea. It is also spoken in parts of Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone,...
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four geographic regions: Maritime Guinea on the Atlantic coast, the Fouta Djallon or Middle Guinea highlands, the Upper Guinea savanna region in the northeast...
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Télimélé is a town in the Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea . Its population was estimated at 15,973 in 2008. It is the capital of Télimélé Prefecture...
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(Pular: 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤥𞤵𞤲) is a city and sub-prefecture in a valley of the Fouta Djallon area of Guinea. The population is 376,269 (2018 est). It grew around...
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coastal plain running north to south behind the coast; the pastoral Fouta Djallon highlands (Middle Guinea); the northern savanna (Upper Guinea); and...
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major river in West Africa, running 1,120 kilometres (700 mi) from the Fouta Djallon plateau in north Guinea westward through Senegal and The Gambia to the...
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Fouta may refer to: Fouta Djallon, a highland region in the centre of Guinea Fouta towel, a piece of thin patterned fabric used in many Mediterranean countries...
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Futa Tooro (redirect from Fouta-Toro)
several Fulani states, and a source of jihad armies and migrants to the Fouta Djallon. The word Futa is a general name the Fulbe gave to any area they lived...
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19th-century Fouta Djallon king Alpha Yayo Diallo. The music of the anthem is derived from a praise song for the late-1800s king of Labé, in Fouta Djallon, Alpha...
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personality of Fouta Djallon. He is regarded as one of the most important representatives of Islamic science and Fula culture of Fouta Djallon. Thierno Abdourahmane...
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river in Guinea in west Africa. The river is sourced near Dalaba in the Fouta Djallon mountain range, north of Mamou and snakes approximately north-east and...
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Apennines, Italy Futa River, Chile Futa, Ghana, a community in Ghana Fouta Djallon, Guinea Futa Tooro, a region along the Senegal River Imamate of Futa...
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It can be found growing on sandstone outcrops (inselbergs) of the Fouta Djallon highlands in Middle Guinea. Its specific epithet feliciana commemorates...
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1762 – July 6, 1829) was a Fula prince and Amir (commander) from the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea, West Africa, who was captured and sold to slave traders...
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Mamou Prefecture in the Mamou Region of Guinea. It is located in the Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea, lying north east of Mamou, in a part of the country...
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northernmost point and highest peak at 1,573 metres (5,161 ft) in the Fouta Djallon in northern Guinea. It is 7 km from the prefecture of Mali-ville. It...
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highlands include a number of mountains, ranges and plateaus, including the Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea, the Loma Mountains in Sierra Leone, the...
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located in the west of the country, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Fouta Djallon plateau. Conakry, Guinea's capital and largest city, is located in the...
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southern Mauritania, eastern Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea (especially Fouta Djallon). They speak the Soninke language, also called the Serakhulle or Azer...
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corresponding roughly with the plateau region known as Futa Jalon (French: Fouta Djallon; Fula: Fuuta Jaloo). It is bounded by Maritime Guinea, also known as...
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of West Africa that rises in the northernmost area of Guinea in the Fouta Djallon highlands, passes through southern Senegal, and reaches the Atlantic...
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(Pular: 𞤂𞤢𞤦𞤫) is the main city and administrative capital of the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea. It has a population of about 200,000. It is the second...
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regions are largely defined by the watersheds of rivers that arise from Fouta Djallon, including the Niger, Senegal, Faleme and others. The term was widely...
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Pulaar language (redirect from Fouta Toro language)
with Pular, another variety of Fula spoken in Guinea (including the Fouta Djallon region). The Pulaar and Pular varieties of Fula are to some extent mutually...
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French explorer René Caillié, who explored the highlands of Guinea at Fouta Djallon, near the source of the Niger; the Cornish explorer Richard Lemon Lander...
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on the N7 road and the River Gambia amid the Pays Bassari hills and Fouta Djallon foothills. Local attractions include the Dindefelo Falls and Niokolo-Koba...
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Tembakounda is in the Djallon Mountains, low mountains rising above the plateau area of the Guinea Highlands known as Fouta Djallon. Dillon, Andrew (November...
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Sun lark (redirect from Fouta-Djallon sun lark)
1864: Found from Burkina Faso and northern Ghana east to southern Sudan Fouta-Djallon sun lark (G. m. nigrita) - (Grote, 1920): Found in Senegal, Gambia,...
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