Milima ya Nuba
Milima ya Nuba (kwa Kiarabu جبال النوبة jabal an-nuba) ni eneo lililo katika Kordofan Kusini, Sudan. Eneo hilo ni nyumbani kwa kundi la makabila ya asili yanayojulikana kwa pamoja kama Wanuba.
Historia
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Katika karne ya 18 eneno lilikuwa chini ya wafalme wa Wanuba waliojulikana kama Taqali, walioshindwa na Dola la Mahdi. Wakati ule wahamiaji Waarabu wengi Wabaggara waliingia katika maeneo ya Kordofan Kusini.
Hadi sasa watu milioni 1.5 wanaishi katika milima hiyo, hasa kabila la Nuba na wachache wa Wabaggara. [1]
Jiografia
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Milima inaenea kilomita 64 kwa 145 ikifikia kimo cha mita 450 hadi 900 juu ya UB.[2] Tabianchi ni ya kitropiki, joto na nusu-yabisi inayopokea kwa wastani milimita 300 hadi 800 za mvua kwa mwaka. Wakati wa kiangazi kinachoendelea kuanzia Februari hadi Mei mara nyingi kuna uhaba wa maji. [3]
Marejeo
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- ↑ "Nuba Mountains". Bradt Guides. Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo mnamo 2021-12-11. Iliwekwa mnamo 2021-12-11.
- ↑ "BBC News - Will Sudan's Nuba Mountains be left high and dry?". bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ Ahmed, F.; Hagaz, Y.A.; Andrawis, A.S. (1984). "Landsat model for groundwater exploration in Nuba Mountains, Sudan". Advances in Space Research. 4 (11): 123–131. Bibcode:1984AdSpR...4k.123A. doi:10.1016/0273-1177(84)90400-9.
Viungo vya nje
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- media kuhusu Nuba Mountains pa Wikimedia Commons
- The Nuba Mountains Homepage
- The Nuba Survival Association
- Varhola, Christopher H. - Cows, Korans, and Kalashnikovs: The Multiple Dimensions of Conflict in the Nuba Mountains of Central Sudan Department of Anthropology, The Catholic University of America, September 2002. (at the Wayback Machine)
- Nubawatch: "Nuba Mountains: The Beginning" January 9, 2011.
- Al Jazeera: "In Pictures: Sudan's mountain refuges" March 23, 2012
- Full documentary about Nuba sufferings in the Nuba Mountains
- New York Times: "The Worst Atrocity You’ve Never Heard Of" By Adam B. Ellick July 13, 2015