Agnam Civol

[2] The town of Agnam Civol, the capital of the sub-prefecture and the rural community, is bounded on the north by the Walo fields, a flood zone of the Senegal River.

The population of Agnam Civol lives on agriculture, livestock, handicrafts, trade, and remittances from emigres in other countries.

The village has a sub-prefecture, a community hall, a kindergarten, and an elementary school but with few resources, a full-service post office, an old and dilapidated drilling site from 1981, a dispensary, and a poorly equipped maternity clinic.

There is a social centre for research sources of funds for equipment and a college 3 km away in a neighbouring village.

There are two seasons: The relief of the rural community is rugged with three ecological zones running north to south from the Senegal River.

This is the intermediate zone between the Waalo and the Diery with an area of 16 square kilometres running along the Highway N2 with an average width of 2 km.

In case of resignation or death, the family of Touré, cousins of the Ka, provides an interim Chief until the next election.

The community has grown thanks to its strategic position located on National Highway N2 and as a hinge between two ecological zones, the Diéri and the Walo.

Thierno Civol (title before the name): Thierno Wothy (title before the name): The region, comprising 16 villages preceded by the word "Agnam", is estimated to number more than 26,000 inhabitants, to which must be added the population of the Walo area (the edge of the Senegal River) which has over 5,000 inhabitants.

During the rainy season, the main crops of millet, sorghum, beans, and watermelon are found in the Diéri area.

For 40 years, people's survival depended heavily on remittances from family members who have emigrated abroad or who are in major cities of Senegal.

Women as a rule stay in the village to raise the children because their husbands have left in search of work: they also live on small business, market gardening, and food crops.

The area has four major mosques located to the west of Oréfondé, in the centre of Civol, at Thilogne, and to the east of Kobilo.