Matam region

{{short description|Region of Senegal}} {{one source|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox settlement  | name = Matam region | native_name = {{nativename|fr|Région de Matam}}<br>{{nativename|wo|Diiwaanu Maatam}} | settlement_type = [[Regions of Senegal|Region]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Matam in Senegal.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Matam in Senegal | image_map1 = Map of the departments of the Matam region of Senegal.png | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = Matam région, divided into 3 départements | pushpin_map =  | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|15|06|N|13|38|W|region:SN_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Senegal]] | established_title = | established_date = | parts_type = [[Departments of Senegal|Départements]] | p1 = [[Kanel department|Kanel]] | p2 = [[Matam department|Matam]] | p3 = [[Ranérou Ferlo department|Ranérou Ferlo]] | p4 = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] | seat = [[Matam, Senegal|Matam]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 29445 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 833,657 | population_as_of = 2023 census | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_rank = | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] | utc_offset = +0 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Matam''' is a region of [[Senegal]] (regional capitals have the same name as their respective regions).

It is a flat, arid region bounded on the north by the [[Sénégal River]] and the south by the [[Sahel]]ian plain studded with [[Adansonia digitata|baobab]] trees. Matam is populated by the [[Fula language|Pulaar]]-speaking [[Toucouleur people]]. According to a 2015 economic report, half of Senegal's agricultural value is derived from the Matam region.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Economic_accounts_for_agriculture_and_fa/ZVnhDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Matam+region&pg=PA11&printsec=frontcover|page=11|title=Economic accounts for agriculture and farm income in Senegal|last= Fofana|first=Ismaël|last2= Tankari|first2= Mahamadou Roufahi|last3= Traore|first3= Fousseini|year= 2017|publisher=Intl Food Policy Res Inst}}</ref>

==Departments== Matam region is divided into 3 [[Department (country subdivision)|departments]]: * [[Kanel department|Kanel département]] * [[Matam department|Matam département]] * [[Ranérou Ferlo department|Ranérou Ferlo département]]

==Geography== Matam is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

==Cities and villages== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * [[Agnam-Goly]] * [[Agnam Civol]] * [[Bokidiawé]] * [[Dabia]] * [[Dembancané]] * [[Kanel]] * [[Matam, Senegal|Matam]] * [[Nabadji Civol]] * {{ill|Ogo, Matam|lt=Ogo|fr|Ogo}} * [[Oréfondé]] * [[Orkadiére]] * [[Ourossogui]] * [[Ranérou]] * [[Semme]] * {{ill|Sinthiou Bamambé|fr|Sinthiou Bamambé-Banadji}} * [[Thilogne]] * [[Vélingara]] * [[Waoundé]] * [[Diandioly]] * [[Shinthiou Garba]] * [[Fadiara]] * [[Bokiladji]] * [[Hadoubere]] * [[Dembankane]] * [[Yerimale]] * [[Hamady Ounare]] * [[Soringho]] * [[Sinthiane]] {{div col end}}

==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2020/senegal-village-of-women/ The energy to stay: Senegal's village of women (Al Jazeera, July 2020)] {{Regions of Senegal}}

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