Bougouni

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'''Bougouni''' is a commune and city in Mali, the administrative center of Bougouni Cercle and the Bougouni Region. Bougouni is located 170 km south of Bamako and 210 km west of the city of Sikasso. It covers an area of 7 square kilometres (2.7 square miles) and as at the 2009 Census the commune had a population of 59,679,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mali-reforme-telecom.mctmtl.com/previsions.pdf |title=Previsions de desserte des communes pour la periode de 2001-2005 |publisher=Mali Reforme Telecom |access-date=February 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829024117/http://mali-reforme-telecom.mctmtl.com/previsions.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2004 }}</ref> mostly Fulas ({{langx|ff|Fulɓe}}; {{langx|fr|Peuls}}) and Bambaras ({{langx|bm|Bamananw}}).

==History== Bougouni was established as a quarantine area for surrounding villages, but gradually developed independently. The name means 'small house' in Bambara.<ref name = Afribone/>

Bougouni was the fourteenth commune created by the French colonial authorities of French Sudan. On July 10, 1894, Bougouni became the administrative center of the commune under its first administrator, Lieutenant Gouraud. Bougouni held an important set of colonial archives which were lost in a fire during the March 1991 uprising against President Moussa Traoré.<ref name = Afribone>{{cite web|title = Bougouni, ma ville natale ! |url = http://www.afribone.com/spip.php?article157 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110527172059/http://www.afribone.com/spip.php?article157 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2011-05-27 |website=Afribone |access-date=9 October 2024}}</ref>

==Geography== Bougouni, like many cities of Mali, enjoys sufficient rainfall for regular farming. Cotton is produced in the region around the town, making it a center for processing and transport. The Bougouni-Foulaboula Protected Forest (Forêt Classée de Bougouni-Foulaboula) begins just to the southwest of the town.

Bougouni has been a sister city of Aurillac, France, since 1985.

The Cercle of Bougouni includes the communes of Bladié-Tiemela, Bougouni, Chantoula, Danou, Debelin, Defina, Dogo, Domba, Faradielé, Faragouaran, Garolo, Keleya, Kokelé, Kola, Koumantou, Kouroulamini, Meridiela, Ouroun, Sanso, Sibirila, Sido, Tiémala-Banimonotié, Wola, Yinindougou, Yiridougou and Zantiebougou, for a total population of 251,987.

==Climate== Bougouni has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Aw''). {{Weather box |width = auto |location = Bougouni (1991-2020) |metric first= Y |single line= Y |temperature colour = |Jan high C = 34.2 |Feb high C = 37.1 |Mar high C = 39.0 |Apr high C = 38.9 |May high C = 37.0 |Jun high C = 34.0 |Jul high C = 31.4 |Aug high C = 31.0 |Sep high C = 31.6 |Oct high C = 33.7 |Nov high C = 35.5 |Dec high C = 34.5 |Jan mean C =25.6 |Feb mean C =28.6 |Mar mean C =31.3 |Apr mean C =32.2 |May mean C =30.9 |Jun mean C =28.6 |Jul mean C =26.8 |Aug mean C =26.4 |Sep mean C =26.8 |Oct mean C =27.9 |Nov mean C =27.4 |Dec mean C =25.5 |year mean C = 28.2 |Jan low C = 17.1 |Feb low C = 20.0 |Mar low C = 23.5 |Apr low C = 25.5 |May low C = 24.8 |Jun low C = 23.2 |Jul low C = 22.2 |Aug low C = 22.1 |Sep low C = 21.9 |Oct low C = 22.1 |Nov low C = 19.1 |Dec low C = 16.5 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 1.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 1.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 7.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 36.0 |May precipitation mm = 103.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 160.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 263.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 292.7 |Sep precipitation mm = 221.2 |Oct precipitation mm = 73.8 |Nov precipitation mm = 5.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 0.0 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 0.4 |Feb precipitation days = 0.5 |Mar precipitation days = 1.4 |Apr precipitation days = 4.5 |May precipitation days = 9.3 |Jun precipitation days = 12.7 |Jul precipitation days = 17.6 |Aug precipitation days = 20.1 |Sep precipitation days = 17.7 |Oct precipitation days = 8.8 |Nov precipitation days = 0.9 |Dec precipitation days = 0.0 |Jand sun = 8.8 |Febd sun = 8.7 |Mard sun = 8.1 |Aprd sun = 7.8 |Mayd sun = 8.1 |Jund sun = 7.9 |Juld sun = 6.8 |Augd sun = 6.3 |Sepd sun = 7.1 |Octd sun = 8.1 |Novd sun = 8.6 |Decd sun = 8.4 |source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Mali/CSV/Bougouni_61296.csv |title=World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Bougouni |access-date=7 January 2024 |publisher=NOAA |format=CSV}}</ref> |source 2 = Deutscher Wetterdienst (daily sun)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_612960_rw.pdf | title = Climate Averages for Bougouni | language = de | publisher = DWD | access-date = 7 September 2022}}</ref>

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== See also == * List of cities in Mali * Mali Empire

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