Hombori
| Hombori | |||
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| Coordinates | 15 ° 17 ′ N , 1 ° 42 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Mali | ||
| Mopti | |||
| circle | Douentza | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ML-5 | ||
| Residents | 23,009 (2009) | ||
Hombori is a town in Mali that lies between Mopti and Gao on the edge of the Hombori Tondo - Table Mountain . This area is inhabited by the Gourmantché tribe and belongs to the Mopti administrative region .
The community has 23,009 inhabitants. (2009 census)
particularities
Hombori is known for its anonymous architecture with houses made of hewn boulders with narrow passageways and tunnels in between. With an average temperature of 30 ° C, this place is one of the hottest on earth.
In the immediate vicinity there are spectacular rock formations that challenge climbers to daring arts. Hombori Tondo , Mali's highest mountain at 1153 meters, is also in the immediate vicinity.
history
Hombori is an ancient village of the Dogon , a West African ethnic group. After the Almoravid invasion in the 16th century, part of the royal family from Gao settled in Hombori. The Songhai people , now a minority, did not follow the royal refugees to the area until later.
Today, Hombori still provides a good insight into the traditional life of the Songhai people, even if for a long time it was the starting point for further conquests in southern Mali for foreigners. Villages further up in the mountains such as Tabi (30 kilometers away) were never occupied or colonized and were thus able to survive their original culture.
The rule of the Songhai was immediately replaced by the French occupation in the context of colonization around 1900 . A large part of the Dogon fled to the nearby mountains. Nevertheless, raids on Moors for use as Skaven took place here too .
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- Translation of the article from the English language Wikipedia
Web links
- Project Hombori (French / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b INSTAT: Results of the 2009 census (PDF; 957 kB)