Yang-Yang
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Yang-Yang | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Yang-Yang | |
| Coordinates: 15°35′N 15°21′W / 15.583°N 15.350°W | |
| Country |  Senegal |
| Region | Louga Region |
| Department | Linguere Department |
| Arrondissement | Yang-Yang Arrondissement |
| Area | |
• Total | 588.1 km2 (227.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 5,795 |
| • Density | 9.854/km2 (25.52/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Yang-Yang is a village in northern Senegal, the seat of the eponymous Yang-Yang Arrondissement since 1976.[2] It was made the capital of the Kingdom of Jolof in 1865 under Bakane Tam Khary Dialor.[2][3]
Buurba Alboury Ndiaye built a tata in the town to defend it, using a labor force of 3000 men.[4][2] The defenses successfully repelled an attach by Bara Ba, cousin of Shaikh Amadou Ba, in 1875.[5]
Yang-Yang was captured and burned by a French column led by Alfred Dodds in May 1890, bringing Jolof into the French colonial empire as a protectorate.[6]
Yang-Yang was the site of the first colonial school in Jolof, founded in 1897.[2] The remains of the tata, palace, and a stele marking the location of the mosque with several prominent graves are on the list of National Historic Monuments of Senegal.[7] The former palace hosts the Museum of the History of Jolof and Franco-Senegalese Friendship, founded by Mansour Bouna Ndiaye, son of the last Buurba of Jolof.[2]