Diourbel region

{{Short description|Region of Senegal}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Diourbel region | native_name = {{nativename|fr|Région de Diourbel}}<br>{{nativename|wo|Diiwaanu Njaaréem}} | settlement_type = [[Regions of Senegal|Region]] | image_map = Diourbel in Senegal.svg | map_caption = Location of Diourbel in Senegal | image_map1 = Map of the departments of the Diourbel region of Senegal.png | map_caption1 = Diourbel région, divided into 3 départements | pushpin_map =  | coordinates = {{coord|14|45|N|16|15|W|region:SN_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Senegal]] | parts_type = [[Departments of Senegal|Départements]] | p1 = [[Bambey Department|Bambey]] | p2 = [[Diourbel Department|Diourbel]] | p3 = [[Mbacké Department|Mbacké]] | seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] | seat = [[Diourbel]] | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = 4824 | population_total = 2,080,811 | population_as_of = 2023 census | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] | utc_offset = ±00:00 | blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2017) | blank_info_sec1 = 0.398<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#900|low}} }} {{main|Serer ancient history|Timeline of Serer history|Kingdom of Baol}}

The '''Diourbel region''' ([[Serer language|Serer]] and [[Cangin languages|Cangin]]: ''Jurbel'') is a region of [[Senegal]] with 2,080,811 inhabitants (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diourbel (Region, Senegal) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/senegal/admin/SN02__diourbel/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> The regional capital is the city of [[Diourbel]], and the largest city is [[Touba]]. The region corresponds roughly to the precolonial Kingdom of [[Baol|Bawol]] and is still called by that name. Bawol (or ''Baol'') is an ancient kingdom formerly ruled by the [[Joof family]], one of the members of the [[Serer people|Serer ethnic group]] found in [[Senegambia]].<ref>Phillips, Lucie Colvin, "Historical dictionary of [[Senegal]]", [[Scarecrow Press]] (1981), pp 52-71 {{ISBN|0-8108-1369-6}}</ref><ref>[[Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire]], Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire, Volume 38. IFAN, 1976. pp 557-504</ref> Inhabitants of the area are called ''Bawol-Bawol'' which takes its name from the Serer mode of pluralisation, other examples being: ''Sine-Sine'' or ''Siin-Siin'' (inhabitants of [[Kingdom of Sine|Sine]]), ''Saloum-Saloum'' (inhabitants of [[Kingdom of Saloum|Saloum]]), etc. The population is primarily comprised by the Serer people especially those from the [[Cangin languages|Cangin group]], the [[Saafi people|Safene]] in particular.<ref name="Gal">{{in lang|fr}} [[Jean-Marc Gastellu|Gastellu, Jean-Marc]], "L'Egalitarisme économique des Serer du Sénégal", IRD Editions (1981), p 446, {{ISBN|2709905914}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=cc0xdPE35ngC&q=sereer] (Retrieved : 10 July 2012)</ref><ref>Klein, Martin A, "Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847-1914", [[Edinburgh University Press]] (1968), p 5</ref><ref>[[Godfrey Mwakikagile|Mwakikagile, Godfrey]], "Ethnic Diversity and Integration in The Gambia: The Land, The People and The Culture", (2010), p 223, {{ISBN|9987932223}}</ref> The Serers are believed to be the original inhabitants of this area.<ref name="Gal"/> The [[Wolof people|Wolof]] and [[:Category:Languages of Senegal|other ethnic groups]] are also present. The Diourbel Region is rich in history and it is where the [[Cekeen Tumuli]] are located. Scholars such as Charles Becker, [[Henry Gravrand]], and Victor Martin suggest that these monuments were built by the Serer people<ref name="Serer">{{in lang|fr}} Becker, Charles: "Vestiges historiques, trémoins matériels du passé clans les pays sereer". Dakar. 1993. CNRS - ORS TO M [http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_5/b_fdi_01/010014636.pdf (Excerpt)] (Retrieved : 10 July 2012)</ref><ref>[[Henry Gravrand|Gravrand, Henry]], "La Civilisation Sereer - ''[[Pangool]]''", Les Nouvelles Editions [[Africa]]ines du [[Senegal]], 1990, p 77, {{ISBN|2-7236-1055-1}}</ref> and form part of the [[Serer ancient history|Serer tumulus of Baol]]<ref name="Serer"/> (see also [[Senegambian stone circles]]). They are some of the [[:Category:Serer holy places|most sacred sites]] in [[Serer religion]]. [[Mbacké department]] also includes [[Mouride Order|Mouride]] [[Islamic]] [[Sufi]] order's holy city of [[Touba, Senegal|Touba]]. The installation of this order in [[:Category:Serer country|Serer country]]<ref name="Gal"/> is a controversial one, especially among those Serers who adhere to the tenets of Serer religion (see [[Serer history (medieval era to present)]].<ref name="Gal"/> However, some Serers are also Muslims and have headed this religious order.<ref name="Gal"/>

==Départements== The Diourbel region is composed of three départements: *[[Bambey department|Bambey département]] *[[Diourbel department|Diourbel département]] *[[Mbacké department|Mbacké département]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080519010750/http://www.ard-diourbel.sn/ Région de Diourbel: Agence Régional de Développement].

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