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Ségou
Ségou, Mali · Africa
About Ségou
Ségou sits on the route: 10 minutes from Pèlèngana.
Ségou is in Mali, with about 210,000 people. The nearest town is Pèlèngana, about 4 km away.
Ségou (French pronunciation: [seɡu]; Bambara: ߛߋߜ߭ߎ߫, Segu) is a town and an urban commune in south-central Mali that lies 235 kilometres (146 mi) northeast of Bamako on the right bank of the River Niger. The town is the capital of the Ségou Cercle and the Ségou Region. With 130,690 inhabitants in 2009, it is theRead more
fifth-largest town in Mali.
In the middle of the 19th century there were four villages with the name of Ségou spread out over a distance of around 12 km (7.5 mi) along the right bank of the river. They were, starting from the most upstream, Ségou-Koro (Old Ségou), Ségou-Bougou, Ségou-Koura (New Ségou) and Ségou-Sikoro. The present town is on the site of Ségou-Sikoro.
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Ségou is in Ségou, Mali, about 4 km from Pèlèngana.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 205,787
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Mali
- Region
- Ségou
- Timezone
- Africa/Bamako
- Coordinates
- 13.4403, -6.2595
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