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Transport and Foreign Trade in Ségou (Niger River, Mali), San, Niono, Markala and Dioro, Bambara Kingdom

The city (commune) of Ségou (“The city of Balanzan”) is the capital of the Ségou region (Mali, West Africa)

1. Population of Ségou: 130.690 inhabitants
2. Main ethnicities of Ségou: Soninke, Malinke (Mandinka) and Bambara
   1. First inhabitants: Bozo
3. Foundation of the Bambara Kingdom in 18th century by Biton Coulibaly in Ségoukoro (11 kilometres from Ségou)
4. Sanké Mon Collective Fishing Rite is a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
5. Ségou Festival on the Niger (music)
6. Circle: Ségou

Transport and Logistics

1. Ségou is on the river bank of the Niger River
2. Distances to Bamako: 240 kilometres

Mali (Ségou)

1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
2. Doctorate in African Business

More information: Trade and Business in Mali, at EENI Global Business School Website.

Ségou region (fourth administrative region of Mali)

The city of Ségou is the county capital of the Ségou region (Centre of Mali)

1. Main cities of the region: Ségou, San, Niono, Markala (main dam of Mali) and Dioro
2. Circles of the Ségou region: Barouéli, Bla, Macina, Niono, San, Ségou and Tominian
3. Area of the Ségou region: 64,947 km² (5% of the Malian Area)
4. Population of the Ségou region: 2.3 million inhabitants
5. Zone: Sahelian
6. Contiguous regions: Sikasso, Mopti, Timbuktu and Koulikoro
7. Borders: Burkina Faso and Mauritania
8. Mali war (2010)
   1. Macina Liberation Front

Higher Education in Ségou (Mali)

1. University of Ségou

Ségou (Malí) Ségou (Mali) Segu (Mali)

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