Togou

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Togou
Commune and village
Togou is located in Mali
Togou
Togou
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 13°35′30″N 5°59′55″W / 13.59167°N 5.99861°W / 13.59167; -5.99861
Country Mali
RegionSégou Region
CercleSégou Cercle
Area
[1]
 • Total
147 km2 (57 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census)[2]
 • Total
8,987
 • Density61.1/km2 (158/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Togou is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune contains 10 villages in an area of approximate 147 square kilometers.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 8,987.[2] The village of Togou, the chef-lieu of the commune, is 35 km northeast of Ségou.

History

The modern town of Togou sits close by several archaeological sites, which show that the area was an important node in a large-scale trade network reaching from Sierra Leone to the Sahara beginning in the 9th century AD. During the Segou Empire it was a major markadugu, a Maraka trade town where salt, dried fish, and sunbala were shipped as far south as Abidjan in exchange for kola nuts.[4]

In January 1865, Togou was occupied by Bambara fighters resisting the Toucouleur Empire. A Toucouleur counter-attack led by Tierno Alassane failed, losing much of their arms and ammunition including one hundred and twenty barrels of gun-powder and many war drums.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 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{{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. ↑ Gestrich, Nikolas (2021). "Evidence of an Eleventh-Century AD Cola Nitida Trade into the Middle Niger Region". African Archaeological Review. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Oloruntimehin, Benjamin Olatunji (1969). "Résistance Movements in the Tukulor Empire". Cahiers d'études africaines. 8 (29): 128. Retrieved 12 November 2025.