Rosso

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Rosso
—  Commune and town  —
Rosso is located in Mauritania
Rosso
Location in Mauritania
Coordinates: 16°30′46″N 15°48′18″W / 16.51278°N 15.805°W / 16.51278; -15.805
Country Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania
Region Trarza
Population (2002)
 • Total 48, 922

Rosso is the major city of south-western Mauritania and capital of Trarza region. It is situated on the Senegal River at the head of year-round navigation. The town is 204 km south of the capital Nouakchott. The Arabic name is Al-Quwarib.

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History [link]

Rosso was once the capital of the Emirate of Trarza, a Precolonial Sahrawi dominated state.

Under French colonial rule Senegal and Mauritania were administered as a single entity. When independence came, the new frontier was drawn along the Senegal River, thus splitting the small town of Rosso in two. This article refers to Mauritanian Rosso, on the northern bank of the river.

Originally a staging-post for the gum arabic trade, Rosso has grown rapidly since independence. From a population of a mere 2 300 in 1960 it has now overtaken Kaédi to become the 3rd largest city in the country with 48 922 inhabitants (2000 census).

Languages [link]

South-western Mauritania is predominantly a Wolof -speaking area but many members of Mauritania's other ethnic groups have moved to the town to escape the severe problems of desertification further north.

Economy [link]

Rosso occupies a strategic position at the international ferry-crossing on the main road between Nouakchott and the Senegalese capital of Dakar. Economically the town has benefited but its fortunes are very dependent on the state of relations between the two countries. From 1990-92 the border crossing was closed, due to the Mauritania–Senegal Border War, and there have been repeated movements of refugees in both directions through the town.

Weather [link]

Rosso has the highest annual rainfall in the country at 300mm/yr and is one of the market towns which serve the narrow strip of agricultural land stretching along the southern frontier of Mauritania. But even here the Sahara is encroaching. Major irrigation projects have been carried out on the northern bank of the Senegal River, financed by the United Arab Emirates, allowing an expansion in the production of cash crops such as mint. In 2004 however up to 80% of crops were lost as a result of the infestation of locusts which affected the whole of the western Sahel. This was followed by a severe drought. It was a bitter irony then that in August 2005 some 10,000 people were displaced by flooding.

Recreation [link]

The city is near the Diawling National Park. Rosso is also known for the internationally renowned Satara Zone Housing project. A small library, set up by the local Catholic priest, has been functioning since 2005. [1] A technology institute - ISET - was opened in 2009, offering courses in agriculture.

Politics [link]

The current Mayor, Professor Yerim Fassa, a doctor, was elected in 2007. [2] In 2009, together with Jean Jacques Fournier, Mayor of Moissy-Cramayel, he inaugurated Rosso's first Internet café. [3] Rosso has been twinned with Moissy-Cramayel since 1986. From August 2007 through May 2009, Michael Auerbach - Regional Coordinator for the United States Peace Corps - resided in Rosso as he evaluated the efficacy of existing gender equality movements in the region.

External links [link]

References [link]

  1. ^ "Rosso, Mauritanie: un prêtre sans paroissiens". Le Figaro (blog). 2010-05-14. https://blog.lefigaro.fr/corpus/2010/05/rosso-mauritanie-un-pretre-sans-paroissiens.html. Retrieved 2010-08-13. 
  2. ^ "Journées culturelles de Rosso". Le Calame. 2008-04-16. https://www.lecalame.mr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1354&fontstyle=f-larger. Retrieved 2010-08-13. 
  3. ^ "Le Maire de Moissy Cramayel inaugure le cyber thé de Rosso". CRIDEM. 2009-02-24. https://www.cridem.org/imprimable.php?article=28167. Retrieved 2010-08-13. 

Coordinates: 16°30′46″N 15°48′18″W / 16.51278°N 15.805°W / 16.51278; -15.805


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Rosso (bus company)

Rosso is the trading name of Rossendale Transport Ltd, a bus operator providing services in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire. It is owned by Rossendale Borough Council.

History

Rosso can trace its history back to 1907 when both Rawtenstall and Haslingden Corporations (both independently) ran a motor bus within their boroughs. Both undertakings merged in 1968 to form Rossendale Joint Transport Committee and later in 1974 with the local government reorganisation the boroughs were merged, along with Bacup (which was already served by Rossendale buses; Bacup Borough not having its own bus company) and Whitworth to form the present Borough of Rossendale.

To comply with the Transport Act 1985, in 1986 the assets were transferred to a new legal entity.

It expanded over the following 20 years and now operates buses throughout Rossendale, Bury and Rochdale as well as operating into Burnley, Blackburn, Bolton and Todmorden.

In August 2013, the Rossendale Transport bus network was rebranded (with a new livery design of red, orange, yellow and white) as Rosso.

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Rosso (disambiguation)

Rosso, Italian for red, can also mean several things

  • Rosso, a city of south-western Mauritania
  • Rosso (band), a Japanese musical group
  • Rosso Kumamoto, a Japanese football club
  • Rosso Corporation, a Japanese model car manufacturer
  • Rosso Fiorentino, an Italian painter
  • Rosso (bus company), a bus operator in north-west England
  • Rosso (surname)

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  • Tim Ross from Merrick and Rosso, an Australian comedy duo with Merrick Watts
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