Farakou Massa
Farakou Massa | |
|---|---|
Farakou Massa Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 13°39′40″N 5°52′20″W / 13.66111°N 5.87222°W | |
| Country | Mali |
| Region | Ségou Region |
| Cercle | Ségou Cercle |
| Admin centre (chef-lieu) | Kominé |
| Area | |
• Total | 109 km2 (42 sq mi) |
| Population (2009 census)[2] | |
• Total | 14,314 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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
- ^ 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)
- ^ a b 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). - ^ 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.
- ^ Bazin 1988, p. 428.
- ^ Bazin 1988, p. 392.
- ^ Bazin 1988, p. 393.
Sources
- Bazin, Jean (1988). "Princes désarmés, corps dangereux. Les « rois-femmes » de la région de Segu". Cahiers d'Études Africaines (in French). 28 (111): 375-441. doi:10.3406/cea.1988.1658. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
External links
- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Farakou Massa 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-08, retrieved 2012-07-15.