Koundian | |
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Commune and town | |
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Coordinates: 13°09′35″N 10°40′50″W / 13.15972°N 10.68056°W | |
Country | ![]() |
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
[edit]- ^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Kayes) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2012.
- ^ Delafosse 1912, p. 313.
- ^ Meillassoux 1966, p. 42.
- ^ Delafosse 1912, p. 411.
- ^ Gatelet 1901, pp. 142-143.
Sources
[edit]- 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.
External links
[edit]- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune rurale de Koundian 2007-2009 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-11, retrieved 2012-03-17.
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