Kousséri
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  Kousséri
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| Coordinates: 12°04′42″N 15°01′51″E / 12.07833°N 15.03083°E | |
| Country |  Cameroon |
| Province | Far North Province |
| Division | Logone-et-Chari |
| Elevation | 889 ft (271 m) |
| Population (2001) | |
| - Total | 76,200 500,000 |
Kousséri is a city in Far North Province, Cameroon, lying on the border with Chad, across the Chari River from N'Djamena. It is the capital of the Logone-et-Chari department. It is a market town and is growing extremely fast. It had a population of 76,200 in 2001. Estimated population 2007: 500,000.
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[edit] History
Kousséri was part of the Bornu Empire. In March 1846 Omar (son of Sheik Mohammed), nominal general of the Bornu sultan Ibrahim suffered a defeat at Kousséri[1]
In 1900 the village was occupied by soldiers of Rabij az-Zubayr (Rabih), a Sudanese warlord. On March 3rd it was taken by the combined forces of two French expeditions, one under Major Lamy from Algeria and the other under Lt. Joalland from Senegal and local forces opposed to Rabih. Rabih was not in Kousseri at the time but established himself in a fort on the right bank of the Chari. Lamy did not think he had sufficient forces to attack Rabih immediately, but waited until the beginning of April when he was joined by a third expedition that was coming up the Chari under Emile Gentil. When he arrived the combined forces crossed the Chari and attacked Rabih decisive battle which secured French rule over Chad.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Helmolt, Hans F. (ed.) (1903) The history of the world; a survey of a man's record, Volume III: West Asia and Africa Dodd, Meade and Co., New York, p. 536, OCLC 1193060
[edit] References
- Porch, Douglas (1984) The Conquest of the Sahara Knopf, New York, ISBN 0-394-53086-1
[edit] External links
- "Kousseri, Cameroon", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
Coordinates: 12°05′N 15°02′E / 12.083°N 15.033°E
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