Nunez River

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River in Guinea

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::summary River in Guinea ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Battle_of_Rio_Nunez_1849.jpg" caption="The [[Rio Nuñez Incident]] of 1849"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Rio-Nunez_estuary.jpg" caption="View of the estuary of the Rio Nunez, 1861"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Boké_-_Rio_Nunez.jpg" caption="Factory of the ''Compagnie coloniale'' in [[Boké]], [[French Guinea"] ::

Nunez River or Rio Nuñez (Kakandé) is a river in Guinea with its source in the Futa Jallon highlands. It is also known as the Tinguilinta River, after a village along its upper course.

Geography

Lying between the to the north and the Pongo River to the south, the Nunez empties into the Atlantic Ocean at the port town of Kamsar, along the coast of Guinea-Conakry. The river is swollen each year during the rainy season, producing floodplains and inland swamps. These floodplains are inhabited by the Nalu and Baga people. About 40 miles inland is the city of Boké; the largest on the river and the chief commercial center of Guinea. Here the river is 100m wide and 1m deep.

Upstream from Boké, the shallow river winds through low hills with many series of rapids and small islet clusters to its source, a confluence of several small streams.

Coordinates

History

Prior to 1840, this river served as a market for Fulbe slave caravans transporting slaves from the Muslim Imamate of Futa Jallon.

In 1849 the river was the site of the Rio Nuñez incident, when a Franco-Belgian squadron of warships fired on Boké, which resulted in loss of inventory by two British traders. The incident was inconclusive.

During the 1870s, this river was a major export point for peanuts, with 5,000 tons per year. In the 1880s, the trade turned to rubber.

Demographics

Speakers of the Rio Nunez languages, Mbulungish and Baga Mboteni, live at the mouth of the Nunez River.

References

References

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  6. Martin A. Klein. (1998). "Slavery and colonial rule in French West Africa". Cambridge University Press.
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