Koutiala

Region

Koutiala is a city in Mali in the administrative region of Sikasso. Koutiala is the catchment area of around 355,000 people, the city itself in 2005 counted about 99,000 inhabitants, spread over 18,000 sq. km. The population development continues steadily upwards. The city is located 140 km north of the regional capital, Sikasso and about 350 km east of the provincial capital, Bamako.

The city is sometimes called " the white gold capital", which is meant by the white gold cotton. Koutiala is the industria profiled second-most city in Mali, she has, among other things, the Compagnie pour le développement du malienne textile ( CMDT ) and the Huilerie Cotonnière you Malo ( HUICOMA ).

Koutiala is located in the part of the country, is spoken in the Minyanka, and was founded in the 16th century by members of the Coulibaly family of the Bambara kingdom of Segou. 1955 Koutiala received extended rights, comparable to the Central European city law.

The city has serious environmental problems to deal with me because a dried up in the dry season lake contamination of several industries - including three refineries - flooded into the groundwater, which is now infested accordingly. A change in this ailing state is not in sight for financial reasons, but also because of lack of will.

Koutiala is the sister city of Alençon in France.

The management unit ( Cercle ) Koutiala comprises 36 municipalities: Diedougou, Diouradougou Kafo, Fagui, Fakolo, Gouadji Kao, Gouadji Soukouna, Kafo Faboli, Kapala, Karagouana Mallé, Koloniké, Konina, Koningué, Konseguela, koromo, Kouniana, Koutiala, Logouana, M ' Pessoba, Miena, N'Golonianasso, N'Goutjina, Nafanga, Nampé, Niantaga, Sincina, Sinkolo, Songo - Doubacoré, Songoua, Sorobasso, Tao, Yognogo, Zamfigué, Zangasso, Zanina, Zebala.

Reference

• This article is based on the translation of the English article Koutiala, February 2008.

• Location in Mali
• Sikasso region
• Place in Africa