Koulikoro | |
|---|---|
Commune and town | |
 View over Koulikoro | |
  Koulikoro Location within Mali | |
| Coordinates: 12°51′40″N 7°33′30″W / 12.86111°N 7.55833°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Koulikoro |
| Cercle | Koulikoro Cercle |
| Urban Commune | Koulikoro |
| Population (2009 census)[1] | |
• Total | 43,174 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Koulikoro (Bambara: ߞߎߟߌߞߏߙߏ tr. Kulikoro) is a town and urban commune in Mali. The capital of the Koulikoro Region, Koulikoro is located on banks of the Niger River, 59 kilometres (37 mi) downstream from Mali's capital Bamako.
Koulikoro is the terminus of the Dakar-Niger Railway which was completed in 1904.[2] Between August and November, at the end of the rainy season, goods are transported down the Niger River to Ségou, Mopti, Tombouctou and Gao. Navigation is not possible upstream of Koulikoro because of the Sotuba Rapids near Bamako.
Koulikoro is also the location of a prison. The Koulikoro prison is noteworthy for housing a number of former Rwandan officers found guilty of having taken part in the Rwandan genocide.[3]
- ^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2012-04-24.
- ^ Clozel, François-Joseph (1912). Haut--Sénégal--Niger (Soudan franc̜ais): séries d'etudes pub. sous la direction de M. le gouverneur Clozel. E. Larose. p. 72.
- ^ "Men behind Rwandan genocide languish in Mali prison". 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2022.