Koundian, Mali

https://wallpaperhd.ga/ 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.

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

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.

External links

• 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.