Bougouni, Sikasso Region, Mali
🇲🇱 Bougouni is a commune and city in Mali, the administrative centre 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 km and as at the 2009 Census the commune had a population of mostly Fulas (Fulɓe; Peuls) and Bambaras (Bamananw).
History Bougouni was the fourteenth commune created by the French colonial authorities of French Sudan. On July 10, 1894, Bougouni became the administrative centre 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 centre for processing and transport. The Bougouni-Foulaboula Protected Forest (Forêt Classée de Bougouni-Foulaboula) begins just to the south-west of the town.
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.
Bamako Time
Bougouni has a population of over 59,679 people. Bougouni also forms the centre of the wider Bougouni District which has a population of over 251,987 people. It is also a part of the larger Sikasso Region.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Bougouni has links with:
🇫🇷 Aurillac, France🇻🇪 Santa Ana de Coro 11.417
🇧🇷 Santa Rita 11.462
🇲🇦 Mohammedia -7.372
🇮🇪 Portlaoise -7.3
Locations Near: Bougouni -7.48333,11.4167
🇲🇱 Kati -8.079,12.747 d: 161.5
🇲🇱 Fana -6.567,12.767 d: 180.2
🇲🇱 Sikasso -5.667,11.317 d: 198.3
🇨🇮 Odienné -7.567,9.5 d: 213.3
🇲🇱 Kolokani -8.034,13.573 d: 247.1
Antipodal to: Bougouni 172.517,-11.417
🇹🇻 Funafuti 179.131,-8.517 d: 19222.3
🇻🇺 Port Vila 168.315,-17.737 d: 19179.6
🇫🇯 Lautoka 177.456,-17.611 d: 19145.2
🇫🇯 Nausori 178.534,-18.031 d: 19035.7
🇫🇯 Suva 178.427,-18.136 d: 19034.5
🇳🇿 Manukau 174.883,-1.019 d: 18829.8
🇳🇨 Koné 164.852,-21.059 d: 18667.1
🇳🇨 Nouméa 166.45,-22.267 d: 18647.3
🇸🇧 Honiara 159.95,-9.433 d: 18623.4
🇰🇮 South Tarawa 173.138,1.373 d: 18591.2