Lambaye
Lambaye | |
|---|---|
Town and commune | |
  Lambaye Location in Senegal | |
| Coordinates: 14°48′05″N 16°32′02″W / 14.80132°N 16.53391°W | |
| Country |  Senegal |
| Region | Diourbel Region |
| Department | Bambey |
| Arrondissement | Lambaye |
| Area | |
| 144.5 km2 (55.8 sq mi) | |
| Population (2023 census)[1] | |
| 30,486 | |
| • Density | 211.0/km2 (546.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Lambaye is a town and commune located in the Diourbel Region of Senegal, capital of the eponymous Arrondissement.
History
[edit]Lambaye was the capital of the Kingdom of Baol. During the period when Baol was a part of the Jolof Empire, some of the Buurbas used it as their seat, since their maternal lines were from Baol.[2]
During the Marabout War of the late 17th century, Lambaye was attacked by Muslim troops under Ndiaye Sall, who defeated and killed the Damel-Teigne Mafaly Gueye there and burned the town.[3][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Citypopulation.de Communes and Rural Communities
- ↑ Fall, Rokhaya (2013). "De la nécessité de réactualiser le recours à la « tradition orale » dans l'écriture du passé africain". In Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier (ed.). Les ruses de l'historien. Essais d'Afrique et d'ailleurs en hommage à Jean Boulègue. Hommes et sociétés (in French). Paris: Karthala. p. 22. doi:10.3917/kart.fauve.2013.01.0015. ISBN 978-2-8111-0939-4. S2CID 246907590. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ↑ Boulegue, Jean (2013). Les royaumes wolof dans l'espace sénégambien (XIIIe-XVIIIe siècle) (in French). Paris: Karthala Editions. p. 299.
- ↑ Fall, Rokhaya (1983). Le Royaume de Bawol du XVIe au XIXe siècle: Pourvoir Wolof et Rapports avec les Populations Sereer.