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'''Mampatim''' is a town and commune located in the Kolda Region of Senegal.
Mampatim was the capital of a Bainuk kingdom whose ruler, Kikikor, was defeated by Tiramakhan Traore, founder of Kaabu.<ref>Ngom, Biram: '' "La question Gelwaar et l’histoire du Siin"'', Dakar, Université de Dakar, 1987</ref>{{sfn|Niane|1989|p=22}} Traore may have died in Mampatim.<ref>WESTERN AFRICA TO c1860 A.D. A PROVISIONAL HISTORICAL SCHEMA BASED ON CLIMATE PERIODS by George E. Brooks, Indiana University African Studies Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, August, 1985.[https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/287/Western_Brooks.pdf.txt?sequence=3]</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== * {{cite book |last1=Niane |first1=Djibril Tamsir |author1-link=Djibril Tamsir Niane |title=Histoire des Mandingues de l'Ouest: le royaume du Gabou |date=1989 |publisher=Karthala Editions |location=Paris |isbn=978-2-86537-236-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHCgAnkySJwC&q=Kikikor |access-date=13 April 2025}}
{{coord|12.892|N|14.331|W|region:SN_type:city|display=title}} {{Authority control}} Category:Populated places in Kolda region Category:Communes of Senegal Category:Capitals of former countries
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