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
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
- 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.