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Sikasso is a city in the south of Mali and the capital of the Sikasso Region . With 130,700 residents, Sikasso recently passed Ségou to become Mali's second-largest city. GEOGRAPHY Located at 11°19'00" North, 5°40'00" West, 375 km southeast of Bamako , 100 km north of Côte D'Ivoire , and 45 km west of Burkina Faso , Sikasso acts as a crossroads between the coastal countries ( Togo , Bénin , Ghana , Côte d’Ivoire) and the landlocked Mali and Burkina Faso. Sikasso's ethnic groups include the Bambara , the Senufo , the Bobo , and the Minianka . Sikasso benefits from a subtropical climate and a resulting abundant agriculture. Sikasso's fruit and vegetable production guarantees the city's self-suffiency, sparing it from reliance on international food aid. HISTORY Sikasso was founded at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Mansa Douala . The town was a small village until 1876 when Tieba Traoré , whose mother came from Sikasso, became King of the Kénédougou Empire and moved its capital there. He established his palace on the sacred Mamelon hill (now home to a Water Tower ) and constructed a ''tata'' or Fortifying Wall to defend against the attacks of both the Dyula conqueror Samori Ture and the French Colonial army. The city withstood a long siege from 1887 to 1888 but fell to the French in 1898 ; rather than surrender to the colonial army, Tieba's brother Babemba Traoré , now king, committed suicide. Attractions today include the large Market , Mamelon hill, the remains of Tieba Traoré's ''tata'', and the nearby Missirikoro Grotto. The festival ''Triangle du balafon'' takes place every June, celebrating the Traditional Malian Instrument . Sikasso's sister city is Brive-la-Gaillarde, France . CERCLE The Cercle of Sikasso includes the communes of Benkadi, Blendio, Dandéresso, Dembella, Dialakoro, Diomaténé, Dogoni, Doumanaba, Fama, Farakala, Finkolo Ganadougou, Finkolo- Sikasso, Gongasso, Kabarasso, Kaboila, Kafouzela, Kapala, Kapolondougou, Kignan, Klela, Kofan, Kolokoba, Koumankou, Kouoro, Kourouma, Lobougoula, Miniko, Miria, Missirikoro, N Tjikouna, Natien, Niena , Nongo-Souala, pimperna, Sanzana, Sikasso, Soukourani-Missirikoro, Tella, Tiankadi, Waténi, Zanferebougou, Zangaradougou and Zanièna. |
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