Facts+about+the+Sahel+Region


 * Some Facts about the Sahel Region in Africa**

- Drought is common in this area - The 1950's to early 1970's saw above the average rainfall, this was then followed by 30 years of drought - In the 1970's there was a "multi-year" drought, this led to the death of 300,000 people and 5 million livestock - The unstable climate makes it hard for the countries in the Sahel to support large populations - The countries in this area have rapidly growing population rates, some of the highest natural increases in the world - The Sahel is known as the cultural center in Africa - Most of the people in the Sahel accepted Islam as their religion, this in some countries caused war - The three main problems that make it difficult to develop the area are:the area is slowly becoming more arid, the instability of the environment and the rise in livestock populations. - The rainfall in the region is slowly decreasing







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