كونفدرالية سنگامبيا

Coordinates: 14°40′N 17°2′W / 14.667°N 17.033°W / 14.667; -17.033
Senegambia Confederation

Confédération de Sénégambie
1982–1989
موقع Senegambia
LocationSenegambia.png
Location of Senegambia in Western Africa.
  Senegal      
العاصمةDakar
اللغات المشتركةFrench
الإنگليزية
Wolof
Serer
Mandinka
Fulani
Jola
الحكومةConfederation
President[1] 
• 1982–1989
Abdou Diouf
Vice President[1] 
• 1982–1989
Dawda Kairaba Jawara
الحقبة التاريخيةCold War
• Agreement signed
12 December 1981
• تأسست
1 February 1982
• انحلت
30 September 1989
سبقها
تلاها
Senegal
The Gambia
Senegal
The Gambia

Senegambia, officially the Senegambia Confederation, was a loose confederation in the late 20th century between the West African countries of Senegal and its neighbour The Gambia, which is almost completely surrounded by Senegal. The confederation was founded on 1 February 1982 following an agreement between the two countries signed on 12 December 1981. It was intended to promote cooperation between the two countries, but was dissolved by Senegal on 30 September 1989 after The Gambia refused to move closer toward union. The Senegambia Confederation should not be confused with the historic Senegambia region, also shortened to Senegambia.

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History

As a political unit, Senegambia was created by dueling French and English colonial forces in the region. Competition between the French and the English started in the 16th century when both started to establish trading centers. Although there was some overlap in their areas of influence, French trade centered on the Senegal River and in the Cap-Vert region and English trade on the Gambia River.[2] The region became more important for both growing empires because West Africa allowed a convenient waystation for trade between Europe and the respective American colonies; critical to that trade was its provision of slaves for the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.[بحاجة لمصدر]



References

  1. ^ أ ب "Info" (PDF). www.cia.gov.
  2. ^ Richmond, Edmun B. (1993). "Senegambia and the Confederation: History, Expectations, and Disillusions". Journal of Third World Studies. 10 (2): 172–194 [p. 176].

External links

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