Sangha (Mali)

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Sangha
Sangha (Mali)
Sangha
Sangha
Coordinates 14 ° 28 ′  N , 3 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 28 ′  N , 3 ° 18 ′  W
Basic data
Country Mali

region

Mopti
ISO 3166-2 ML-5
height 518 m
Residents 32,513 (2009)
Post Code 52065
View of Sangha
View of Sangha

Sangha (other spelling Sanga ) is a community in the Bandiagara district of the Mopti region in Mali and is considered the cultural center of the Dogon on the rocks of Bandiagara .

The place is about 725 kilometers by road from Bamako at an altitude of 518 m on the Bandiagara plateau and includes 56 villages. The administrative center is Sangha Ogol Leye . The majority of the population is Dogon . The French ethnologist Marcel Griaule lived here for several years to study the Dogon people.

The townscape is characterized by adobe buildings of the Sudanese - Sahelian architecture in Mali. Typical are the Dogon palaver huts , known as Toguna , with a very low roof.

On June 10, 2019, at least 95 people died in a night terror attack on the Sangha village of Sobame Da (also known as Sobane-Kou).

climate

Sangha is located in the semi-arid climatic zone of the Sahel with two seasons: the dry season between November and May and the rainy season between June and October. The annual amount of precipitation fluctuates between 400 and 500 mm and is distributed over only around 30 days in summer.

economy

Agriculture is the dominant economic factor in Sangha. The cultivation of onions and millet is characteristic of the area . Livestock raising affects sheep, goats and donkeys.

Another important source of income for the population is tourism, as Sangha is the tourist center for excursions in the Dogon country. However, as a result of the conflicts in Northern Mali and the associated travel warnings, the number of visitors has fallen sharply.

photos

  • The Sangha Mosque

  • A toguna in sangha.

  • The Hogon of Sangha in front of his house.

  • Old baobab in Sangha.

literature

  • Anne Wodtcke, Gerhard Göttler, Thomas Baur: West Africa - Volume 1: Sahel countries . 5th edition. Reise Know-How Verlag Därr, Hohenthann 2000, ISBN 3-89662-001-0 , pp. 423-425

Web links

Commons : Sangha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ INSTAT: Results of the 2009 census (PDF; 957 kB)
  2. ↑ a b Plan de securité alimentaire commune rurale de Sangha  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Commisariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire (CSA), Dec. 2006, PDF (French). Retrieved October 3, 2014.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / fsg.afre.msu.edu  
  3. ↑ A. Wodtcke, G. Göttler, T. Baur: West Africa - Volume 1: Sahel countries 5th edition 2000, p 425
  4. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/afrique/region-48585177
  5. ↑ Mali: Travel and Security Advice Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ The Dogon Country - A tourist region on the edge of the abyss? ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 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. Mali information. Retrieved October 3, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mali-infos.blog.de