Koulikoro
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Koulikoro (
urban commune in Mali. The capital of the Koulikoro Region, Koulikoro is located on banks of the Niger River, 59 kilometres (37 mi) downstream from Mali's capital Bamako
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Koulikoro is the terminus of the
. Navigation is not possible upstream of Koulikoro because of the Sotuba Rapids near Bamako.Koulikoro is also the location of a prison. The Koulikoro prison is noteworthy for housing a number of former Rwandan officers found guilty of having taken part in the Rwandan genocide.[3]
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- Historical images of Koulikoro
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Arrival of the Hourst mission, 1898. -
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The town's market.
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Sister cities
References
- ^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2012-04-24.
- ^ Clozel, François-Joseph (1912). Haut--Sénégal--Niger (Soudan franc̜ais): séries d'etudes pub. sous la direction de M. le gouverneur Clozel. E. Larose. p. 72.
- ^ "Men behind Rwandan genocide languish in Mali prison". 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Verein für Städtepartnerschaft und Zusammenarbeit Bous e.V." (in German). Retrieved 2014-03-16.
External links
- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Urbaine de Koulikoro 2008-2012 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-06.
Koulikoro (city) travel guide from Wikivoyage
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