Bougouni is a commune and city in

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Ma ...

, the administrative center of Bougouni Cercle, which is in turn found in the administrative region of

Sikasso Sikasso ( Bambara: ߛߌߞߊߛߏ tr. Sikaso) is a city in the south of Mali and the capital of the Sikasso Cercle and the Sikasso Region. It is Mali's second largest city with 225,753 residents in the 2009 census. History Sikasso was founded ...

. Bougouni is located 170 km south of

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger Rive ...

and 210 km west of the city of Sikasso. It covers an area of 7 square kilometres and as at the 2009 Census the commune had a population of 59,679, mostly Fulas ( ff, Fulɓe; french: Peuls) and Bambaras ( bm, Bamananw).

History

Bougouni was the fourteenth commune created by the

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authorities of

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. On July 10, 1894, Bougouni became the administrative center of the commune under its first administrator, Lieutenant Gouraud. Bougouni held an important set of colonial archives which were lost in a fire during the March 1991 uprising against

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Geography

Bougouni, like many cities of

, enjoys sufficient rainfall for regular farming. Cotton is produced in the region around the town, making it a center for processing and transport. The Bougouni-Foulaboula Protected Forest (Forêt Classée de Bougouni-Foulaboula) begins just to the southwest of the town. Bougouni has been a sister city of

Aurillac Aurillac (; oc, Orlhac ) is the prefecture of the Cantal department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aurillacois'' or ''Aurillacoises''. Geography Aurillac is at above sea leve ...

, France, since 1985. The Cercle of Bougouni includes the communes of Bladié-Tiemela, Bougouni, Chantoula, Danou, Debelin, Defina, Dogo, Domba, Faradielé, Faragouaran, Garolo, Keleya, Kokelé, Kola,

Koumantou Koumantou is a commune and town in Mali, in the Cercle of Bougouni in the Sikasso Region. It is located near the Ivorian border. The commune includes 38 villages spread over 1268 km². As of 2009 the commune had a population of 51,348. Th ...

, Kouroulamini, Meridiela, Ouroun, Sanso, Sibirila, Sido, Tiémala-Banimonotié, Wola, Yinindougou, Yiridougou and Zantiebougou, for a total population of 251,987.

Climate

Bougouni has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of ...

(

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: ''Aw'').

References

Bougouni, Mali
Falling Rain. *This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article from the French Wikipedia, retrieved on June 30, 2005. *Cheich Abd El Kade
Bougouni, ma ville natale !
, 1999-2008 - Afribone Mali SA.

(1979.206.121)". In Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (October 2006).
Bougouni Mosque: ArchNet listing

* ttp://www.alibaba.com/member/boucotton/aboutus.html Bougouni Village Raw Cotton Alibaba.com company profile.
Bougouni Cercle listings
African Development Information Services database.
Action Santé et Education pour Bougouni - ASEB
Bougouni based health services cooperative/ngo, 2006.
1957 area map of Bougouni Cercle
US Army. {{Authority control Populated places in Sikasso Region French West Africa

History

Geography

Climate

See also

References