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Bougouni is a commune and city in Mali, the administrative center of Bougouni Cercle, which is in turn found in the administrative region of Sikasso. Bougouni is located 170 km south of Bamako 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,[1] mostly Fulas (Fula: Fulɓe; French: Peuls) and Bambaras (Bambara: Bamananw).

Bougouni
Commune and city
Bougouni Location within Mali
Coordinates: 11°25′0″N 7°29′0″W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso
Cercle	Bougouni Cercle
Elevation	344 m (1,129 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	59,679
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

History

Bougouni was the fourteenth commune created by the French colonial authorities of French Sudan. 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 President Moussa Traoré.

Geography

Bougouni, like many cities of Mali, 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, 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, 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 (Köppen climate classification: Aw).

See also

• List of cities in Mali
• Mali Empire

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 Kader Bougouni, ma ville natale ! Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, 1999-2008 - Afribone Mali SA.
• "Mother and Child [Mali, Bougouni or Dioila area; Bamana peoples (1979.206.121)". In Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (October 2006).
• Bougouni Mosque: ArchNet listing.
• Geographic features & Photographs around Forêt Classée de Bougouni-Foulaboula, in Mali.
• Bougouni Village Raw Cotton, Alibaba.com company profile.
• Bougouni Cercle listings^{[permanent dead link]}, 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.

На других языках

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[de] Bougouni (Mali)

Bougouni ist eine Siedlung und Gemeinde in der Region Sikasso in Mali. Die Gemeinde hat eine Fläche von etwa 186 Quadratkilometern und umfasst die Siedlung und umliegende Dörfer. Sie ist die Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Kreises. Bei der Volkszählung 2009 hatte die Gemeinde 58.538 Einwohner.[1] Bougouni liegt an der RN7 170 km südlich von Bamako und 210 km westlich der Stadt Sikasso. In der Gemeinde leben überwiegend Fulbe und Bambara.

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- [en] Bougouni

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[ru] Бугуни

Бугуни (фр. Bougouni) — город в южной части Мали, в области Сикасо.

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