
Business in Koulikoro (Mali), Port Niger River
Transport and Foreign Trade in Koulikoro (Mali): one of the more
industrialized Malian cities, Bambara
The city (commune) of Koulikoro is the capital of the Koulikoro region (Mandinka Country) of the Republic of
Mali (Trade and Business in West Africa)
- Population of Koulikoro: 43,174 inhabitants
- Koulikoro is one of the more industrialised Malian cities
- Shipbuilding industry
- Malian Navigation Company (Ségou, Mopti, Timbuktu and Gao)
- Mali olive oil mill
- Main ethnic group of Koulikoro:
Bambara
- Circle: Koulikoro
- Historical battle (1235) between Sundjata Keïta (King of Mande)
and Soumaoro Kanté (King of Sosso)
- Foundation: 18th century by Dioba Diarra (Bambara)
Transport and Logistics
- Distances to Bamako: 59 kilometres
- Dakar-Niger Railway
- Koulikoro is an important Port on the Niger River
- Main roads of the Koulikoro region:
- Nouakchott (Mauritania)-Koulikoro axe
- Dakar (Senegal)-Koulikoro axe
- Koulikoro-Diema-Bamako axe
Mali (Koulikoro)

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Koulikoro Region (Mali)
- The city of Koulikoro is the county capital of the Koulikoro region (Mali)
- Main cities of the region: Kati, Koulikoro, Kolokani, Nara, Banamba and Dioïla
- Bamako
is located in the centre of the Koulikoro region, but it is a different
administrative entity
- Circles of the Koulikoro region: are Banamba, Dioïla, Kangaba, Kati, Kolokani, Koulikoro and Nara
- Area of the Koulikoro region: 90,120 km²
- Population of the Koulikoro region: 2.4 million inhabitants
- Main ethnicities of Koulikoro: Bambara, Malinke (Mandinka)
and Somonos
- Main language of the Koulikoro region: Bambara
- Climate of the Koulikoro region: Sudanese
- Main economic activities in the Koulikoro region: agriculture and industry
- Gold industries in Kangaba
- Contiguous regions: Kayes, Sikasso and Ségou
- Borders of the Koulikoro region: Mauritania and Guinea
- Baoulé Loop Biosphere Reserve
- The Malian musician Salif Keïta, was born in Djoliba (Koulikoro region) in 1949
- Ghana
Empire
- Kingdom of Sosso
- Mali Empire (the east region was the cradle of the Mali Empire)
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