Markala, Ségou Region, Mali

🇲🇱 Markala is a commune in Mali's Ségou Region on the Niger River 35 km down stream from the town of Ségou. The commune contains 30 villages in an area of 318 square km. Mali's primary irrigation dam, the Markala dam, lies in the commune. The main village of the commune, Diamarabougou, is on the right bank adjacent to the dam which also serves as an important road bridge. The French colonial authorities constructed the dam between 1934 and 1945 to irrigate farmland with the intention of producing cotton for the textile industry. The dam is 2450 m in length and functions as a weir in that water can flow over the top. It diverts water into a canal system that extends 135 km to the north past the small towns of Niono and Sokolo in the 'Delta Mort' region. Each year around 2.7 km3 of water is diverted from the river, which corresponds to 8.3 percent of the total flow. The water is used to irrigate about 750 square km (75,000 ha) of farmland. The scheme is managed by the Office du Niger and in 1999/2000 produced 320,000 tons of rice, representing 40 percent of the total Malian production.

Although the dam itself lies in the centre of the Markala commune, the farmland irrigated by the dam lies outside the commune to the north.

Until around 2008, the town was served by Markala Airport.

Bamako Time 

Markala has a population of over 45,961 people. Markala also forms part of the wider Ségou Region which has a population of over 2,336,255 people. Markala is situated 78 km north-east of Ségou.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Markala has links with:

🇫🇷 La Flèche, France

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North of: 13.672

🇹🇭 Chachoengsao 13.688

🇸🇻 San Salvador 13.697

🇵🇭 Goa 13.698

🇹🇭 Bang Bon 13.698

🇵🇭 Calabanga 13.706

🇸🇻 Cojutepeque 13.717

🇸🇻 Sonsonate 13.717

🇳🇮 Siuna 13.735

🇵🇭 Batangas City 13.75

🇵🇭 Batangas 13.75

South of: 13.672

🇹🇭 Bang Na 13.667

🇸🇻 Antiguo Cuscatlán 13.667

🇮🇳 Tirupati 13.65

🇹🇭 Bang Khun Thian 13.65

🇳🇮 Ocotal 13.633

🇵🇭 Naga City 13.624

🇵🇭 Naga 13.62

🇳🇮 Wiwilí de Jinotega 13.617

🇳🇪 Loga 13.6

🇹🇭 Samut Prakan 13.598

East of: -6.072

🇲🇦 Khemisset -6.067

🇪🇸 Lebrija -6.067

🇮🇪 Wicklow -6.033

🇮🇪 Lisburn -6.031

🇪🇸 Seville -5.994

🇪🇸 Sevilla -5.99

🇮🇪 Newtownabbey -5.953

🇪🇸 Dos Hermanas -5.928

🇮🇪 Belfast -5.925

🇪🇸 Avilés -5.921

West of: -6.072

🇮🇪 Bray -6.1

🇪🇸 Jerez de la Frontera -6.135

🇮🇪 Dún Laoghaire -6.14

🇲🇦 Larache -6.15

🇪🇸 Chiclana de la Frontera -6.15

🇪🇸 San Fernando -6.197

🇮🇪 Antrim -6.212

🇮🇪 Fingal -6.218

🇮🇪 Swords -6.218

🇪🇸 El Puerto de Santa María -6.228

Antipodal to Markala is: 173.928,-13.672

Locations Near: Markala -6.07222,13.6716

🇲🇱 Ségou -6.254,13.44 d: 32.4  

🇲🇱 Koutiala -5.526,13.025 d: 93  

🇲🇱 Fana -6.567,12.767 d: 114  

🇲🇱 Dioïla -6.8,12.483 d: 153.9  

🇲🇱 Banko -6.8,12.483 d: 153.9  

🇲🇱 Kolokani -8.034,13.573 d: 212.3  

🇲🇱 Mopti -4.183,14.483 d: 222.8  

🇲🇱 Bamako -8,12.633 d: 238.5  

🇲🇱 Kati -8.079,12.747 d: 240.3  

🇲🇱 Sikasso -5.667,11.317 d: 265.5  

Antipodal to: Markala 173.928,-13.672

🇫🇯 Lautoka 177.456,-17.611 d: 19436.7  

🇫🇯 Suva 178.427,-18.136 d: 19323.9  

🇫🇯 Nausori 178.534,-18.031 d: 19324  

🇻🇺 Port Vila 168.315,-17.737 d: 19263.4  

🇹🇻 Funafuti 179.131,-8.517 d: 19208.5  

🇳🇨 Nouméa 166.45,-22.267 d: 18775.1  

🇳🇨 Koné 164.852,-21.059 d: 18749.9  

🇳🇿 Manukau 174.883,-1.019 d: 18604.3  

🇸🇧 Honiara 159.95,-9.433 d: 18421.6  

🇰🇮 South Tarawa 173.138,1.373 d: 18339.9  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 13.6716 -6.07222

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