Futa Jallon

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Futa Jallon is a mountainous region in present-day Guinea known as a historic center of Islamic scholarship and the origin of several major West African rivers.

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Label Occurrences
Futa Jallon canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
alternativeSpelling Fouta Djallon ⓘ
Fouta Djalon ⓘ
linked to: Fouta Djallon
associatedWith Fulani jihads in West Africa ⓘ
borderingCountry Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Mali ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
capitalOfHistoricState Timbo ⓘ
climate tropical highland climate ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Guinea ⓘ
crop fruits and vegetables ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
potatoes ⓘ
economicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 700–1500 meters above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fulani ⓘ
governmentTypeInHistory Islamic theocracy ⓘ
highestPointName Mount Loura ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
historicState Imamate of Futa Jallon ⓘ
incorporatedInto French West Africa ⓘ
knownFor Fulani culture ⓘ
Islamic scholarship ⓘ
being the source of major West African rivers ⓘ
cooler climate compared to surrounding lowlands ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
locatedIn Guinea ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
majorLanguage Pular ⓘ
partOf Guinea Highlands ⓘ
regionType mountain range ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution Quranic schools ⓘ
madrasas ⓘ
riverSource Gambia River ⓘ
Koliba River ⓘ
Konkouré River ⓘ
Niger River headwaters ⓘ
Senegal River ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Susu → historicalRegion → Futa Jallon ⓘ
Futa Tooro → influencedRegions → Futa Jallon ⓘ
Senegambia → historicalPolities → Futa Jallon ⓘ
Senegambia → earlyIslamicCenters → Futa Jallon ⓘ
Fouta Djallon → alsoKnownAs → Futa Jallon ⓘ
subject linked to: Fouta Djallon region