BassiknouorBassikounouis a town andcommunein theHodh Ech CharguiRegion of south-easternMauritania.[1]
Bassiknou
Bassikounou | |
|---|---|
Communeand town | |
 A street in Bassikounou | |
  Bassiknou Location in Mauritania | |
| Coordinates:15°51′0″N5°56′9″W/ 15.85000°N 5.93583°W | |
| Country |  Mauritania |
| Region | Hodh Ech Chargui |
| Department | Bassikounou (department) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mohamed Sidi Hanena |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 10,561 |
| Time zone | UTC+0(GMT) |
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In 2013, it had a population of 10,561.[2]
History
editThe region around Bassikounou was a part of theTichitt culturearea. Oral traditions record that the founders of the city ofDiain theInland Niger Deltaoriginated from there.[3]
On October 16, 2006Bassikounou meteoritefall near the town of Bassikounou.
In July 2011, the town was the site of theBattle of Bassikounou,where Mauritanian armed forced defeated the jihadistAQIMgroup.
Mbera refugee camp
editBassikounou and its surroundings have hosted tens of thousands ofMalianrefugees since theconflict therebegan in 2012, on top of other refugees who have lived there since the 1990s. This influx has stressed limited local resources of food, water, firewood, and grazing land.[4]
Refugees in the 92,000-person refugee campMbera[5]are supported byWorld Food Programmefor more than 10 years.[6]
References
edit- ^"Collectivités urbaines à vocation agricole, pastorale ou agropastorale".République Islamique de Mauritanie:Communes de Mauritanie. Archived fromthe originalon November 12, 2007.RetrievedJanuary 17,2009.
- ^"Statistiques Demographiques: Résultats du RGPH 2000 des Wilayas".République Islamique de Mauritanie. Archived fromthe originalon February 3, 2010.RetrievedJanuary 17,2009.
- ^McIintosh, Roderick (1998).The Peoples of the Middle Niger: The Island of Gold.John Wiley & Sons. p. 161.
- ^Kestler-D'Amours, Jillian (18 September 2017)."An uneasy coexistence in the Mauritanian desert".Al Jazeera.Retrieved29 July2024.
- ^Mbera Refugee Camp, Bassikounou, South-Eastern Mauritania (8 Dec 2015)
- ^Mauritania: Integrated Assistance Package in the Mbera refugee Camp
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