Sagallo

Coordinates: 11°40′13″N 42°44′00″E / 11.67028°N 42.73333°E / 11.67028; 42.73333
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Sagallo
Сагалло
ساغلو (sajalu)
Country
 Djibouti
RegionTadjourah Region
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)

Sagallo (

Arabic: ساغلو; French: Sagallou; Somali: Sagaalo) is a village situated on the Gulf of Tadjoura, in the country of Djibouti
, famous for having been occupied by a Russian monk and adventurer in 1889.

Name

Whether a coincidence or not, "Sagallo" (or "Sakaro") is one of the lunar months in

Somali culture.[1]

History

The

Ankobar, in the year 1841. His assistant surgeon, who wrote the report on the expedition, mentioned that water in the village was abundant in wells.[4]

Timeline of Sagallo
Historical affiliations

 Tadjoura (to 1883)
France, (French Somaliland), 1883-1889
Russian Empire, (New Moscow), 1889
France, (French Somaliland and FTAI) 1889–1977
 Djibouti, 1977–present

By the early 1870s, Egypt had been gaining power in the region and, in 1873, the Egyptians occupied Sagallo and other sites on the Gulf of Tadjoura, but their hold didn't last long.[5] In 1884, the Sultan of Tadjoura, Mohammed Loitah, ceded Sagallo to Paul Soleillet of the Société Française d'Obock, forcing the Egyptians to retire.[6]

An article from Le Progrès Illustré on Achinov's expedition

In 1883,

Danakil, stealing a cow and a sheep after driving off the local tribesmen with rifle fire. The sultan accepted 60 francs from Achimov as reparations.[11] The French foreign office demanded an explanation of Achinov's actions and the Russian ambassador in Paris distanced the Russian Empire from him. On January 14, the abandoned Egyptian fort of Sagallo was chosen as the new base of the expedition. Achinov named the fort New Moscow. A tent was erected to serve as the church of St. Nicholas and a flag of the expedition was raised.[10]
Rumours about the formidable size of the expedition quickly spread through the press. Later, several colonists escaped to Obock, informing the French of the settlement's whereabouts. On 5 February, the Cossacks noticed a French cruiser and three French gunboats. An ultimatum was issued, but Achinov misunderstood it and did not surrender. The artillery barrage that followed came as a complete surprise for the Russians, leaving 6 colonists dead and 22 wounded.[12] A white shirt was raised to show surrender. The Russian government disavowed Achinov, accusing him of disobedience to the Tsar and acts of piracy. Participants were arrested and deported to Odessa aboard the Zabiyaka.[11]

In 1977, after three referendums, the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas finally became independent from France as the newly formed country of Djibouti.[13][14] By this point, the water had become scarce, and the community of Sagallo used generators to run water pumps, even though it often fell short of raising enough cash to purchase diesel to power the generators. In the early 21st century, however, a UNICEF-backed project installed solar panels on a hill to power a submersible pump that now delivers the water when ever needed.[15]

Climate

Climate data for Sagallo
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.2
(84.6) 		29.4
(84.9) 		31.4
(88.5) 		33.5
(92.3) 		36.5
(97.7) 		40.1
(104.2) 		41.8
(107.2) 		40.8
(105.4) 		38.0
(100.4) 		34.2
(93.6) 		31.5
(88.7) 		29.9
(85.8) 		34.7
(94.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20.2
(68.4) 		23.2
(73.8) 		24.6
(76.3) 		26.2
(79.2) 		28.8
(83.8) 		31.7
(89.1) 		31.0
(87.8) 		30.5
(86.9) 		30.8
(87.4) 		26.5
(79.7) 		24.1
(75.4) 		21.0
(69.8) 		26.6
(79.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 10
(0.4) 		8
(0.3) 		12
(0.5) 		13
(0.5) 		7
(0.3) 		1
(0.0) 		6
(0.2) 		20
(0.8) 		9
(0.4) 		11
(0.4) 		22
(0.9) 		15
(0.6) 		134
(5.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ John Anthony Hunt (1951). A General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Djibouti country profile". BBC.
  3. ISBN 1857431162
    .
  4. ^ The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London. Vol. 12. United Kingdom. 1843. p. 221-222.
  5. ^ Leila Tarazi Fawaz (2002). Modernity and Culture from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, 1890--1920. p. 65.
  6. ^ "FRENCH SOMALI COAST 1708 – 1946 FRENCH SOMALI COAST | Awdalpress.com". Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013. FRENCH SOMALI COAST Timeline
  7. ^ Also spelled Ashinov, Achimov, Atchinoff or Atchimoff
  8. ^ (in French) Le cosaque Achinoff in Le Progrès Illustré (French daily newspaper), March 1, 1891
  9. ^ Ernest A. Wallis Budge, A history of Ethiopia, Nubia and Abyssinia, Taylor & Francis,1928.
  10. ^ a b c "Neva,2001, №8, p. 217-220". Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  11. ^ a b "French Somali History". Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  12. ^ "Lunochkiv" (in Russian). Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  13. ^ Kevin Shillington, Encyclopedia of African history, (CRC Press: 2005), p.360.
  14. ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  15. ^ "Sagallou: innovating for children". 15 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Climate: Sagallo – Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

Further reading

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