Konna

{{about|the town in Mali|the town of ancient Phrygia|Konna (Phrygia)}} {{confused|Kona (disambiguation){{!}}Kona|Conna}} {{Infobox settlement  |name = Konna |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type =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 = Mopti Region |subdivision_type2 =Cercle |subdivision_name2 = Mopti 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 =<ref name=communes>{{citation|title=Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali |publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |url=http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/mali |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106202217/http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/mali |archivedate=January 6, 2012 }}. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)</ref> |area_total_km2 =838  |area_land_km2 =   |population_as_of =2009 census |population_footnotes =<ref name=pop2009>{{citation|url=http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/mopti.pdf |publisher=République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique |title=Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727120129/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/mopti.pdf |archivedate=July 27, 2012 }}</ref> |population_note = |population_total =36767 |population_density_km2 =auto |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|56|48|N|3|53|36|W|region:ML_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m =268 |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Konna''' is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Mopti in the Mopti Region of Mali. The town lies 60 km northeast of Mopti on the eastern edge of the flood plain of the Niger River. The main RN16 highway linking Sévaré and Gao branches to the east just to the south of the town. The commune has an area of approximately 838 km<sup>2</sup> and contains the town and 24 of the surrounding villages.<ref>{{citation|title=Communes de la Région de Mopti |publisher=Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali |url=http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegMopti.pdf |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309074116/http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegMopti.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-09 }}.</ref> In the 2009 census, it had a population of 36,767.<ref name=pop2009/>

A weekly market is held in the town on Thursdays that attracts many people from the surrounding settlements.<ref>{{citation | editor-last= Quensière | editor-first= Jacques | year=1994 | title= La pêche dans le delta central du Niger: approche pluridisciplinaire d'un système de production halieutique | publisher=ORSTOM, Karthala | place=Paris | isbn= 2709912023 | url=http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers/40722.pdf | page=539 Carte VI | language=French}}.</ref>

Konna has mix of Fulbe, Fulbe-Rimaibe, and Marka peoples, and also some Dogon and Songhay people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dogonlanguages.org/villages/886 |title=Konna |editor-last1=Moran |editor-first1=Steven |editor-last2=Forkel |editor-first2=Robert |editor-last3=Heath |editor-first3=Jeffrey |date=2016 |website=dogonlanguages.org |access-date=2021-02-22}}</ref>

==Mali War== {{main|Battle of Konna}} In January 2013, Konna was captured by Islamists.<ref>{{citation | last=Diallo | first=Tiemoko | title=Mali Islamists capture strategic town, residents flee | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mali-rebels-idUSBRE90912Q20130110 | publisher=Reuters | date=10 January 2013 | access-date=16 January 2013 }}.</ref> The attack triggered French intervention in the war,<ref>{{citation | title=Mali crisis: West African leaders to meet in Ivory Coast | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21095456| date=19 January 2013 | access-date=19 January 2013 }}.</ref> and with their aid the Malian government forces swiftly launched a counterattack to retake the town.<ref>{{citation | title=Mali crisis: UN calls for 'swift deployment' of troops | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20981837 | publisher=BBC | date=11 January 2013 | access-date=12 January 2013 }}.</ref><ref>{{citation | title=Mali and France 'push back Islamists' | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20991723 | publisher=BBC | date=12 January 2013 | access-date=12 January 2013 }}.</ref> It was initially claimed by the Malian government that it had been successful in recapturing the town.<ref>{{citation | title= Malian army retakes central town from Islamists | date=11 January 2013 | url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mali-rebels-konna-idUSBRE90A14E20130111 | publisher=Reuters | access-date=13 January 2013 }}.</ref> However, it was later denied by French military officials that the town had been retaken.<ref>{{citation|title=France military says Mali town Konna 'not recaptured' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20907386 |publisher=BBC |date=15 January 2013 |access-date=16 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115232316/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20907386 |archivedate=January 15, 2013 }}.</ref> Fighting continued and the town was confirmed to be under Malian government control three days later.<ref>{{citation | title=Mali army 'regains Konna and Diabaly' from rebels | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21077137 | publisher=BBC | date=18 January 2013 | access-date=20 February 2013 }}.</ref>

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==External links== *{{citation | title=Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Konna 2006-2010 | publisher=Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali | year=2006 | url=http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/mopti/mopti/psa_konna.pdf | language=French | access-date=2012-03-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918145659/http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/mopti/mopti/psa_konna.pdf | archive-date=2012-09-18 | url-status=dead }}.

Category:Communes of Mopti Region