Foota Jallon, Or Futajallon, a large territory of Senegambia, W. Africa, situated about the sources of the Gambia,Rio Grande or Jeba, and Joliba or Niger, and intersected by lat. 12° N. and Ion. 13° W. It is mountainous and rocky, but about one third of it is extremely fertile, producing rice, maize, oranges, bananas, dates, honey, wax, wine, and oil, while large flocks of sheep pasture on the highlands. Iron ore is wrought and manufactured into a very-malleable species of metal. The inhabitants are Mohammedans of the Foolah race, remarkable for their fanatical hatred of all infidels except the whites, from whom they claim descent. Their houses are neat and well built; the principal towns contain manufactories of articles of dress, of iron, silver, wood, and leather. Trade is carried on with Timbuctoo and other places, and the merchants often make long commercial journeys. Timbo, the capital, is said to contain 7,000 inhabitants, and there are several other towns with a population of between 3,000 and 5,000. The government is elective.