Kouniakary

{{Infobox settlement   |name = Kouniakary |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type =Urban commune and town |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map =Mali |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize =300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Mali  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mali}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Kayes Region |subdivision_type2 =Cercle |subdivision_name2 = Kayes Cercle |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = | |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |established_title =  |established_date =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =   |population_as_of =2009 census |population_footnotes =<ref name=pop2009>{{citation |url=http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/kayes.pdf |publisher=République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique |title=Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Kayes) |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727120527/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/kayes.pdf |archivedate=July 27, 2012 }}.</ref> |population_note = |population_total =8135 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone =GMT |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|14|34|35|N|10|54|0|W|region:ML|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Kouniakary''' or '''Koniakari''' is a town and urban commune in the Cercle of Kayes in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The town is located approximately 65 kilometres from Kayes city. In 2009 the commune had a population of 8135.

Koniakary was the capital of the kingdom of Khasso, and was sacked by Kaarta in 1800.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cissoko |first=Mody Sekene |title=2000 ans d’histoire africaine. Le sol, la parole et l'écrit. Mélanges en hommage à Raymond Mauny. Tome II |year=1981 |publisher=Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer |location=Paris |isbn= |url= https://www.persee.fr/doc/sfhom_1768-7144_1981_mel_5_2_970 |access-date=10 April 2025 | chapter = L’impact de la Guerre Sainte umarienne dans les royaumes du Xasso (1855-1860)}} </ref> In 1855, El Hadj Umar Tall constructed a tata at Koniakari to protect against the soldiers of French Colonel Louis Archinard; the ''tata'' still stands today, and has become a tourist attraction.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=23 February 2006|title=Journées touristiques et culturelles de Kayes-Médine : La Commune urbaine de Koniakary dévoile ses merveilles|url=http://www.malikounda.com/Art-Culture/JOURNEES-TOURISTIQUES-ET-CULTURELLES-DE-KAYES-MEDINELa-Commune-urbaine-de-Koniakary-devoile-ses-merveilles.html|access-date=26 February 2013|publisher=Malikounda.com}}</ref>

==References== *This article began as a translation of the corresponding article from the French Wikipedia, accessed December 17, 2005. {{reflist}} {{Communes of the Kayes Region}}

Category:Communes of Kayes Region Category:French West Africa Category:Khasso Category:Capitals of former countries