Bougouni is a city in Mali, the administrative center of its Cercle, which is in turn found in the administrative region of Sikasso. Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali is a Landlocked nation in Western Africa. |||} A Cercle is the second level administrative unit in Mali. Sikasso is the southern-most region of Mali. The capital city of the same name is the 3rd-largest city and is growing rapidly due to people fleeing theviolence in Côte Bougouni is located at 11°25'00" North, 7°29'00" West, 170 km south of Bamako and 210 km west of the city of Sikasso. Bamako, population 1690471 (2006 is the Capital and largest city of Mali, and currently estimated to be the fastest growing city in It covers an area of 7 square kilometres and has a population of roughly 30,000 people, mostly Peuls and Bambaras. The Fula or Fulbe or Fulani (the latter being an Anglicisation of the word in their language Fulɓe) are an ethnic group of
History
Bougouni was the fourteenth commune created by the French colonial authorities of French Sudan. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. See Colony and Colonization for examples of colonialism which do not refer to Western colonialism French Sudan (Soudan was a Colony in French West Africa that had two separate periods of existence first from 1890 to 1899 then from 1920 to 1960 when the On July 10, 1894, Bougouni became the administrative center of the commune under its first administrator, Lieutenant Gouraud. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bougouni held an important set of colonial archives which were lost in a fire during the March 1991 uprising against President Moussa Traoré. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The chronological list of the Heads of State of Mali is shown below Affiliations Latest election See also General Moussa Traoré (born 25 September 1936) is a Malian soldier and politician
Geography
Bougouni, like many cities of the Sudan, enjoys sufficient rainfall for regular farming. For the country in north-east Africa see Sudan. The Sudan, from the Arabic bilâd as-sûdân or "land of the
Bougouni has been a sister city of Aurillac, France, since 1985. Aurillac ( Orlhac in Occitan) is a commune in the Auvergne region in central France, capital of the Cantal Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)
The Cercle of Bougouni includes the communes of Bladié-Tiemela, Bougouni, Chantoula, Danou, Debelin, Defina, Dogo, Domba, Faradielé, Faragouaran, Garolo, Keleya, Kokelé, Kola, Koumantou, Kouroulamini, Meridiela, Ouroun, Sanso, Sibirila, Sido, Tiémala-Banimonotié, Wola, Yinindougou, Yiridougou and Zantiebougou, for a total population of 251,987. |||} A Cercle is the second level administrative unit in Mali. Koumantou is the capital of a rural commune of Mali, in the Cercle of Bougouni in the Sikasso Region.
References
- This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article from the French Wikipedia, retrieved on June 30, 2005. Bougouni is a city in Mali, the administrative center of its Cercle, which is in turn found in the administrative region of Sikasso. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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