Kouniakary

Urban commune and town in Kayes Region, Mali

14°34′35″N 10°54′0″W / 14.57639°N 10.90000°W / 14.57639; -10.90000Country

MaliRegionKayes RegionCercleKayes CerclePopulation

(2009 census)^[1]

• Total8,135Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Kouniakary or Koniakari is a town and urban commune in the Cercle of Kayes in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The town is located approximately 65 kilometres from Kayes city. In 2009 the commune had a population of 8135.

In 1855, El Hadj Umar Tall constructed a tata (fortification) at Koniakari to protect against the soldiers of French Colonel Louis Archinard; the tata still stands today, and has become a tourist attraction.

References

This article began as a translation of the corresponding article from the French Wikipedia, accessed December 17, 2005.

^ 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.