Farakou Massa

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Farakou Massa
Commune
Farakou Massa is located in Mali
Farakou Massa
Farakou Massa
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 13°39′40″N 5°52′20″W / 13.66111°N 5.87222°W / 13.66111; -5.87222
Country Mali
RegionSégou Region
CercleSégou Cercle
Admin centre (chef-lieu)Kominé
Area
[1]
 • Total
109 km2 (42 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census)[2]
 • Total
14,314
 • Density131/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Farakou Massa is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of Mali. The commune lies along the right bank of the River Niger and includes 8 villages in an area of approximately 109 square kilometers.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 14,314.[2] The administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune is the village of Kominé which is 49 km northeast of Ségou.

Farakou was historically the seat of a minor kingdom, one of 12 making up the province of Kala under the Mali and Songhai Empires. According to legend, the first king was a woman.[4] In 1599 the mansa of Farakou joined the Mali emperor in his disastrous assault on Djenne, the only Kala kingdom to do so besides N'Goa.[5] In 1644 the king of Farakou joined a Arma invasion of the Sultanate of Massina, and the following year was sacked by Bambara marauders.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-01-06. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Ségou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link).
  3. ↑ Communes de la Région de Ségou (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.
  4. ↑ Bazin 1988, p. 428.
  5. ↑ Bazin 1988, p. 392.
  6. ↑ Bazin 1988, p. 393.

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