Senegambia (Region)

Senegambia nach einer Karte von 1878
Während die Kartenbeschriftung der engen Definition von Senegambia entspricht, folgt der begleitende Buchtext von 1878 der weitergehenden Definition

Senegambia (auch Senegambien) ist im engeren Sinne eine historische Bezeichnung für den geographischen Naturraum in Westafrika, der zwischen den Strömen Senegal im Norden und Gambia im Süden liegt.[1] Jedoch gibt es auch eine Textquelle, der zufolge Senegambia in einem weiteren Sinne verstanden und mit dem Begriff Westsudan gleichgesetzt wird. Gemeint seien nach dieser Lesart die Küstengebiete zwischen dem Senegalstrom und Sierra Leone, wobei die Inlandgrenze im Osten nicht weiter definiert sei.[2]

Zu unterscheiden ist das historisch-naturräumliche Senegambien von der kurzlebigen britischen Kronkolonie Senegambia, der französischen Kolonie Senegambia und Niger, sowie von der ebenso kurzlebigen Konföderation Senegambia, einem Staatenbund der Länder Senegal und Gambia.

Der Begriff Senegambia ist in dem Maße entbehrlich geworden, wie die französische Kolonie Senegal, die lange Zeit nicht über die Küstengebiete am Atlantik und die Landschaften am Südufer des Senegal hinausreichte, sich über Senegambien ausbreitete. Erhalten hat sich der Begriff namentlich für die Senegambischen Steinkreise, die in das Unesco-Welterbe aufgenommen worden sind. Ferner erhielt die im Jahr 2019 eröffnete Brücke über den Gambia den Namen Senegambia Bridge.

Gliederung

Zwischen den beiden namensgebenden Strömen liegen namentlich folgende geographisch oder ökogeographisch definierten Landschaften:

Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ Imanuel Geiss: Geschichte griffbereit. Band 3: Schauplätze. Die geographische Dimension der Weltgeschichte. (=rororo-Handbuch 6237), Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1981, ISBN 978-3-499-16237-4, S. 361.
  2. ↑ London 1878: Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel. Seite 111: Western Sudan or Senegambia

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Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871;

Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912, Lizenz: No restrictions
SENEGAL, GAMBIA, SIERRA LEONE & c.

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Title: Africa
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912
Subjects: Africa -- Description and travel Africa -- Social life and customs
Publisher: London : Edward Stanford
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ch have settled on this portion of the African coast, France possesses the largest extent of territory. The whole of the left bank of the lower Senegal river and the coast from the mouth of that river southward past Cape Verde to near the mouth of the Gambia, is in the hands of the French. Farther south their isolated possessions are the greater part of the banks of the Cazamance river, with Carabane for the chief station; factories on the Rio Nunez, on the Rio Pongo, and on the Mellacoree or Mallecory river north of Sierra Leone. Between the Senegal and Gambia, or inland from the main tract of territory belonging to them, the French also exercise a certain authority in the interior, and are now making strenuous efforts both to direct the current of trade to their settlements on the Senegambian coast, and to establish a connection across the desert between these settlements and their Algerian possessions. 2. Towns of St. Louis, Dakar, and Goree. The seat of government of French West Africa is
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WESTERN SUDAN. III CHAPTER X. WESTERN SUDAN OR SENEGAMBIA. 1. The French Settlements in Senegambia. By Senegambia is understood the region stretching from the river Senegal southwards to the coast of Sierra Leone, but without any well-defined inland frontiers on the east. Of the three European powers which have settled on this portion of the African coast, France possesses the largest extent of territory. The whole of the left bank of the lower Senegal river and the coast from the mouth of that river southward past Cape Verde to near the mouth of the Gambia, is in the hands of the French. Farther south their isolated possessions are the greater part of the banks of the Cazamance river, with Carabane for the chief station; factories on the Rio Nunez, on the Rio Pongo, and on the Mellacoree or Mallecory river north of Sierra Leone. Between the Senegal and Gambia, or inland from the main tract of territory belonging to them, the French also exercise a certain authority in the interior, and are now m

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