Koundian, Mali

Koundian
Commune and town
Koundian
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 13°09′35″N 10°40′50″W / 13.15972°N 10.68056°W / 13.15972; -10.68056Coordinates: 13°09′35″N 10°40′50″W / 13.15972°N 10.68056°W / 13.15972; -10.68056
Country  Mali
Region Kayes Region
Cercle Bafoulabé Cercle
Population (2009 census)[1]
 • Total 14,075
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Koundian is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 14,075.

The Toucouleur leader El Hadj Umar Tall built a fort (tata) near the village in 1857.[2][3] The fort was captured by French troops led by Louis Archinard in 1889.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Kayes) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Delafosse 1912, p. 313.
  3. ↑ Meillassoux 1966, p. 42.
  4. ↑ Delafosse 1912, p. 411.
  5. ↑ Gatelet 1901, pp. 142-143.

Sources

  • Delafosse, Maurice (1912), Haut-Sénégal-Niger: Le Pays, les Peuples, les Langues; l'Histoire; les Civilizations. Volume 2: L'Histoire (in French), Paris: Émile Larose .
  • Gatelet, Auguste Louis Charles (1901), Histoire de la conquête du Soudan français (1878-1899) (in French), Paris: Berger-Levrault .
  • Meillassoux, C. (1966), "Plans d'anciennes fortifications (Tata) en pays Malinké", Journal de la Société des Africanistes (in French), 36 (1): 29–44, doi:10.3406/jafr.1966.1403 . Page 42 contains a plan of the village showing the fort.
  • Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune rurale de Koundian 2007-2009 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006 .


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