Nioro du Sahel

Commune and town in Kayes Region, Mali

Nioro du Sahel

Commune and town

Nioro du Sahel

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 15°11′N 9°33′W﻿ / ﻿15.183°N 9.550°W﻿ / 15.183; -9.550
Country|  Mali
Region| Kayes Region
Cercle| Nioro du Sahel Cercle
Government

• Mayor| Abbas Sylla
Population

(1998)

• Total| 60,112
Time zone| UTC+0 (GMT)

Nioro du Sahel, often referred to as simply Nioro, is a town and urban commune in the Kayes Region of western Mali, 241 km from the city of Kayes. It is located 275 miles (by road) north-west of the Malian capital Bamako. As of 1998, the commune had a population of 60,112, although current estimates are nearer to 69,100 people.

Founded in circa 1240 by a Diawando slave named Beydari Tamboura,[1] Nioro attained its greatest height in the eighteenth century as the then-capital of the Bambara kingdom of Kaarta. The town became an important trading center between Upper Senegal and the Sudan.

In the early 1850s, the Toucouleur conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall invaded Kaarta, forcing the kingdom's conversion to Islam; he built a great mosque in Nioro in 1854. Umar Tall's son Ahmadu Tall took refuge in Nioro after the fall of his capital Segou to the French in 1890. His army, led by the Wolof king-in-exile Alboury Ndiaye, failed to defend the city against the advancing colonial army in January 1891.[2]

The town has an airstrip at Nioro Airport.

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Capital: Kayes

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* Kayes (Kayes)
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* Karakoro (Teichibe)
* Kéméné Tambo (Ambidédi)
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* Koussané (Koussané)
* Liberté Dembaya (Diala Banlieue)
* Logo (Kakoulou)
* Maréna Diombougou (Maréna Diombougou)
* Marintoumania (Marintoumania)
* Sadiola (Sadiola)
* Sahel (Bafarara)
* Samé Diomgoma (Samé)
* Ségala (Ségala)
* Séro Diamanou (Séro)
* Somankidi (Somankidi)
* Sony (Lany Tounka)
* Tafacirga (Tafacirga)

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Nioro Cercle|

* Nioro du Sahel (Nioro du Sahel)
* Baniéré Koré (Baniéré Koré)
* Diabigue (Diabigue)
* Diarra (Diarra)
* Diaye Coura (Diaye Coura)
* Gavinane (Gavinane)
* Gogui (Gogui)
* Guétéma (Guétéma)
* Kadiaba Kadiel (Kadiaba Kadiel)
* Koréra Koré (Koréra Koré)
* Nioro Tougouné Rangabé  (Nioro Tougouné Rangabé )
* Sandare (Sandare)
* Simbi (Simbi)
* Trougoumbé (Trougoumbé)
* Yéréré (Yéréré)
* Youri (Youri)

Yélimané Cercle|

* Guidimé (Yélimané)
* Diafounou Diongaga (Diongaga)
* Diafounou Gory (Tambacara)
* Eleme
* Fanga (Fanga)
* Gory (Gory)
* Kirane Kaniaga (Kirane)
* Konsiga (Kersignané)
* Kremis (Kremis)
* Marekaffo (Dogofiry)
* Soumpou (Takaba)
* Tringa (Marena)
* Toya (Yaguine)

15°11′N 9°33′W﻿ / ﻿15.183°N 9.550°W﻿ / 15.183; -9.550

## References[edit]

1. ^ Dicko, Seïdina Oumar. Hamallah, le protégé de Dieu. Editions Jamana, 1 Jan 1999 pg 39
2. ^ Charles, Eunice A. (1977). Precolonial Senegal : the Jolof Kingdom, 1800-1890. Brookline, MA: African Studies Center, Boston University. p. 130. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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