"Probably within the last fifty years, the Mabire were all together in four large villages near Mount Mabire. Their villages were named Amdjaména, Arga, Mambire (which later divided into Antéréné and Berouet), and Milaal. Moussa Duwane, the Mabire interviewed in Mongo, claims that Arga and Milaal did not speak the Mabire language, rather they spoke Bidiyo-Tounkoul and Chadian Arabic but were united to the other Mabire villages by the canton chief. According to Terab and Balha, the ancestors of the Mabire came from a village named Mabir, which they said was “7 km west of Baro” (Dadjo II canton, Mangalmé subprefecture). The map prepared by Chad's Bureau Central de Recensement shows a village around seven km northwest of Baro, named Mabar, which the Migaama people consider to be the original Migaama village and is currently entirely peopled by Migaama speakers (William Chesley, personal communication)."