Diembéring Explained

Diembéring
Other Name:Diembering, Diembéreng, Djiwat,
Guimbering, Diébéring, Diebering,
Djembering
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Senegal
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Senegal
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Senegal
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Ziguinchor
Subdivision Type2:Department
Subdivision Name2:Oussouye
Subdivision Type3:Arrondissement
Subdivision Name3:Cabrousse
Coordinates:12.4689°N -16.7806°W

Diembéring (also called Diembering, Diembéreng, Djiwat, Guimbering, Diébéring, Diebering, or Djembering) is a village in Senegal in the rural community of the same name. It is located in Cabrousse, Oussouye, Ziguinchor, Casamance, approximately 10 km north of Cap Skirring and 60 km from Ziguinchor.

It is home to the Diembéring dialect of the Kwatay language.[1]

History

Initially, Diembéring was a fishing village. It is still so today, however tourism has opened up other possibilities.

Administration

Diembéring is the capital of the rural district (communauté rurale) of the same name. Within the district are the other villages of :

Geography

The nearest localities are Koudioundou, Nikine, Bouyouye, Cachouane, Boucotte Wolof, and Mossor.

Physical geography

Diembéring was built on sand dunes, among palms and towering trees of the Malvaceae family (likely Ceiba pentandra, one of many species widely called, ambiguously, 'kapok trees').

Population

Diembéring is one of the few places where people speak Kuwaataay, a dialect of Jola.

Economy

The beaches of this coastal village are popular with tourists. There is a mosque in the area, as well as a church where a Jola mass is sung each Sunday. A maternity hospital is run by a Spanish order of nuns.

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Notes and References

  1. Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.