Tuabou
Tuabou
Tyabou | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Tuabou | |
| Coordinates: 14°59′N 12°28′W / 14.983°N 12.467°W | |
| Country | Senegal |
| Region | Tambacounda |
| Department | Bakel |
| Arrondissement | Moudéry |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
• Total | 2,038 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Tuabou (also Tuabu or Tyabu) is a village in Sénégal on the banks of the Senegal river, near the border with Mauritania. It lies within the Bakel department in the Tambacounda region.
History
Tuabou was the capital of Gooy, one of the two provinces of the Kingdom of Gajaaga.[2]
People from Tuabou
- Niama, princess and slave
- Abdoulaye Bathily, politician and historian[3]
- Samba Ndiaye, military engineer[4]
References
- ^ "PEPAM". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ Gomez, Michael (2002). Pragmatism in the Age of Jihad: The Precolonial State of Bundu (2nd ed.). UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 112. ISBN 9780521528474.
- ^ "Abdoulaye BATHILY". Adakar. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Therno Mouctar Bah. “SAMBA NDIAYE, INGENIEUR DES ARMEES TOUCOULEUR D’EL HADJ OMAR.” Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, vol. 8, no. 4, 1977, pp. 161–68. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44734378. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.