Travel Guide Mao

Queen of a landscape of sand with sand, Mao the White dazzled from arrival through the light réverbérée by the bright facades of his houses. The astonishing colour of buildings is linked to the presence of diatomées clay (de) in soils in the region: de is a rock formed by sedimentation of the siliceous (frustules) enveloppes envelopes of the diatoms, unicellular plants living in fresh or salted waters; his presence testifies to the past existence of the ancient Paléotchadienne sea. Only the metallic silhouette of the water castle shows on the whole its futuristic aspect, which is not without mentioning a certain Futuroscope!Mao's inhabitants are the proud descendants of Mohamed el-Amine el-Kanemi, who in 1808 took over the kingdom of Kanem-Bornou in the Fulani. Mao's alifa still lives his palace, still enjoying a real traditional power over the entire region.