{{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Loulouni |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type =Commune and town |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |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<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize =300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Mali <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mali}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Sikasso Region |subdivision_type2 =Cercle |subdivision_name2 = Kadiolo Cercle |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |<!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =<!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |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=2012-01-06 }}. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)</ref> |area_total_km2 =1052 <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2009 census |population_footnotes =<ref name=pop2009>{{citation |url=http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/sikasso.pdf |publisher=République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique |title=Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727120405/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/sikasso.pdf |archivedate=2012-07-27 }}.</ref> |population_note = |population_total =38919 |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 = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone =GMT |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|10|53|32|N|5|36|15|W|region:ML_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Loulouni''' is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kadiolo in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 1,052 square kilometers and includes the town and 28 villages.<ref>{{citation|title=Communes de la Région de Sikasso |publisher=Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali |url=http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegSikasso.pdf |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005558/http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegSikasso.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-03 }}.</ref> In the 2009 census it had a population of 38,919.<ref name=pop2009/> The town of Loulouni, the administrative center (''chef-lieu'') of the commune, is 41 km north-northeast of Kadiolo on the RN7, the main road between Sikasso and Ouangolodougou in the Ivory Coast. It lies close to Mount Tenakourou on the border with Burkina Faso, the highest point of that country.
On 11th November 2025, the town was attacked by JNIM, who overran the town and temporarily took control. At least ten Dozo militiamen were killed in the attack, and hundreds fled the town. The town was recaptured by government forces 3 days later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mali: les habitants de Loulouni fuient les combats entre chasseurs traditionnels dozos et jihadistes du Jnim |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20251113-mali-les-habitants-de-loulouni-fuient-les-combats-entre-chasseurs-traditionnels-dozos-et-jihadistes-du-jnim |website=RFI |access-date=24 November 2025 |language=French |date=13 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kane |first1=Mahamadou |title=A Loulouni, les agriculteurs s'inquiètent pour les récoltes |url=https://www.dw.com/fr/mali-jnim-loulouni-dozo-recoltes/a-74859520 |website=DW |access-date=24 November 2025 |language=French |date=24 November 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{citation | title=Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Loulouni 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/sikasso/kadiolo/psa_loulouni.pdf | language=French | access-date=2012-09-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917011719/http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/sikasso/kadiolo/psa_loulouni.pdf | archive-date=2012-09-17 | url-status=dead }}.
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