Bongor
| Bongor | |||
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| Coordinates | 10 ° 17 ′ N , 15 ° 22 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Chad | ||
| Mayo Kebbi Est | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | TD-ME | ||
| height | 332 m | ||
| Residents | 35,296 (2012) | ||
Bongor is a city in southwestern Chad , in the Mayo-Kebbi Est region on the east bank of the Logone , which marks the border with Cameroon . It had 30,518 inhabitants (as of 2010) and is located in the settlement area of the Massa people. The city is located in the Ramsar area of Plaines d'inondation du Logone et les dépressions Toupouri .
history
In 1904 the German colonial officer Herbert Kund founded a military post in the immediate vicinity of the town. On November 4, 1911, the city was assigned to the French colonial territories according to the Franco-German agreement . In 1912, Adolf Friedrich describes the area near Bongor as a fertile farmland in which a lot of Durra , Alkama, wild rice and peanuts ... "are grown. A small airport with a runway is located west-northwest of the town.
education
Bongor owns two high schools, the public Lycée Jacques Moudeina, which was attended by several later politicians, and the private school Lycée-collège Mamira. The place is partnered with Gandia in Spain.
See also
literature
- Adolf von Duisburg : In the country of Cheghu von Bornu, despots and peoples south of Chad . Publishing house D. Reimer, 1942
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives:
- ↑ Otto Würtenberger: The peanut (Arachis hypogaea): its history, geographical distribution and economic importance . ES Mittler, 1917, p. 36
- ↑ Flugplaetze.org
