Fouta Djallon (Fula: Fuuta Jaloo, ࢻُوتَ جَلࣾو, 𞤊𞤵𞥅𞤼𞤢 𞤔𞤢𞤤𞤮𞥅; Arabic: فوتا جالون) is a highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding with Middle Guinea, in West Africa.
Emirate of Timbo,: 50 was a West African Islamic State based in the FoutaDjallon highlands of modern Guinea. The state was founded in 1725 by a Fulani...
four geographic regions: Maritime Guinea on the Atlantic coast, the FoutaDjallon or Middle Guinea highlands, the Upper Guinea savanna region in the northeast...
coastal plain running north to south behind the coast; the pastoral FoutaDjallon highlands (Middle Guinea); the northern savanna (Upper Guinea); and...
Fouta may refer to: FoutaDjallon, a highland region in the centre of Guinea Fouta towel, a piece of thin patterned fabric used in many Mediterranean countries...
several Fulani states, and a source of jihad armies and migrants to the FoutaDjallon. The word Futa is a general name the Fulbe gave to any area they lived...
major river in West Africa, running 1,120 kilometres (700 mi) from the FoutaDjallon plateau in north Guinea westward through Senegal and The Gambia to the...
northernmost point and highest peak at 1,573 metres (5,161 ft) in the FoutaDjallon in northern Guinea. It is 7 km from the prefecture of Mali-ville. It...
located in the west of the country, between the Atlantic Ocean and the FoutaDjallon plateau. Conakry, Guinea's capital and largest city, is located in the...
It can be found growing on sandstone outcrops (inselbergs) of the FoutaDjallon highlands in Middle Guinea. Its specific epithet feliciana commemorates...
southern Mauritania, eastern Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea (especially FoutaDjallon). They speak the Soninke language, also called the Serakhulle or Azer...
highlands include a number of mountains, ranges and plateaus, including the FoutaDjallon highlands in central Guinea, the Loma Mountains in Sierra Leone, the...
1762 – July 6, 1829) was a Fula prince and Amir (commander) from the FoutaDjallon region of Guinea, West Africa, who was captured and sold to slave traders...
followed the jihads successfully waged in Futa Bundu, Futa Tooro and FoutaDjallon between 1650 and 1750, which led to the creation of those three Islamic...
of West Africa that rises in the northernmost area of Guinea in the FoutaDjallon highlands, passes through southern Senegal, and reaches the Atlantic...
personality of FoutaDjallon. He is regarded as one of the most important representatives of Islamic science and Fula culture of FoutaDjallon. Thierno Abdourahmane...
corresponding roughly with the plateau region known as Futa Jalon (French: FoutaDjallon; Fula: Fuuta Jaloo). It is bounded by Maritime Guinea, also known as...
with Pular, another variety of Fula spoken in Guinea (including the FoutaDjallon region). The Pulaar and Pular varieties of Fula are to some extent mutually...
Tembakounda is in the Djallon Mountains, low mountains rising above the plateau area of the Guinea Highlands known as FoutaDjallon. Dillon, Andrew (November...
regions are largely defined by the watersheds of rivers that arise from FoutaDjallon, including the Niger, Senegal, Faleme and others. The term was widely...
westward from FoutaDjallon, eventually dominating the Baga, Bulom, and Temne north of the Scarcies River. The Yalunka in FoutaDjallon first accepted...
French explorer René Caillié, who explored the highlands of Guinea at FoutaDjallon, near the source of the Niger; the Cornish explorer Richard Lemon Lander...
river in Guinea in west Africa. The river is sourced near Dalaba in the FoutaDjallon mountain range, north of Mamou and snakes approximately north-east and...
the empire, Musa I (c. 1280 – c. 1337), made it the state religion. FoutaDjallon, a highland region of Guinea, has been a stronghold of Islam since the...
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