Плато Фута-Джаллон
Fouta-Djallon (Fouta-Djallon) is the name of stepped plateaus in West Africa; located in central Guinea, in the Upper Guinea uplands. They are composed mainly of sandstones, mudstones, argillites, dolerites, basalts, and gabbros.
General Information
The altitude of the Futa Djallon Plateau varies from 300 m near the coastal plains to 1000 m in the central part. The maximum height of the individual massifs is 1,537 m, the height of Mount Tamge.
The Fouta Djallon Plateau is the source for three major rivers in West Africa – the Niger, Senegal and Gambia. The landscape of this area, due to its inaccessibility and lack of roads, has retained its natural novelty and is a plateau covered with tropical forest. The climate is predominantly arid.
.The Futa Jallon Plateau is inhabited mainly by members of the Fulbe people. Unlike most other Fulbe, the people of this mountainous region are sedentary. The local language of the mountain Fulbe is one of the national languages of Guinea. The people of Futa Djallon grow cereals and maize, as well as vegetables. Cattle ranching is developed.
.Around 1700, the mountain Fulbe created the state of Futa Djallon, which existed until 1934. At the same time, from the end of the XIX century, most of it became a colony of France – first Rivière du Sud, then French Guinea.
