# Mampatim

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'''Mampatim''' is a town and commune located in the [Kolda Region](/source/Kolda_Region) of [Senegal](/source/Senegal). 

Mampatim was the capital of a [Bainuk](/source/Bainuk_people) kingdom whose ruler, Kikikor, was defeated by [Tiramakhan Traore](/source/Tiramakhan_Traore), founder of [Kaabu](/source/Kaabu).<ref>Ngom, Biram: '' "La question [Gelwaar](/source/Guelowar) et l’histoire du [Siin](/source/Kingdom_of_Sine)"'', [Dakar](/source/Dakar), [Université de Dakar](/source/Universit%C3%A9_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 ==
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===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}}

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Category:Communes of Senegal
Category:Capitals of former countries

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