Affiniam

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'''Affiniam''' is a small town in the Bignona Department in the Ziguinchor Region of south-western Senegal. In 2002 it had a population of 1620 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pepam.gouv.sn/acces.php?idloc=02134001|title=Affiniam|publisher=PEPAM|accessdate=10 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214603/http://www.pepam.gouv.sn/acces.php?idloc=02134001|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The town lies on the northern bank of the Casamance River, with the chief town of the Casamance region, Ziguinchor, located a few kilometers southeast across the river. The area is dominated by rice farming.<ref name="Connolly2015">{{cite book|last=Connolly|first=Sean|title=Senegal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7U7fCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA316|date=5 November 2015|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-913-1|page=316}}</ref>

A dam was built in 1988 in collaboration with China on the mangrove to Bignona to desalinate and irrigate the rice fields. The project did not really succeed due to lack of management and technical resources.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.cwe.cn/show.aspx?id=3006&cid=119|title=Chinese Ambassador to Senegal Inspects Affiniam Dam Project|publisher=China International Water and Electric Company|accessdate=10 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917065830/http://english.cwe.cn/show.aspx?id=3006&cid=119|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Affiniam contains what has been described as "a splendid impluvium - a large, round mud house with a funnel-shaped roof" which was a place of refuge during wartime.<ref>{{cite book|title=Africa on a Shoestring|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781740594622|url-access=registration|year=2004|publisher=Lonely Planet Publications|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781740594622/page/237 237]}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.maplandia.com/senegal/ziguinchor/affiniam/ Satellite map at Maplandia.com]

Category:Populated places in the Bignona department Category:Arrondissement of Tendouck Category:Casamance River