Kokry, also spelled Kokri, is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Macina in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 160 square kilometers and includes 17 villages.[3] The farmland is irrigated by the Office du Niger irrigation scheme. The main crop is rice. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 13,393.[2] The main village, (chef-lieu), is called Kokry Centre to distinguish it from Kokry Bozo which lies 3 km to the east on a strip of land between the Niger River and the Distributeur Kokry, an irrigation canal.
Kokry | |
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Commune and village | |
 Farmland in the river area | |
  Kokry Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 13°57′38″N 5°30′55″W / 13.96056°N 5.51528°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Ségou Region |
| Cercle | Macina Cercle |
| Area | |
• Total | 160 km2 (62 sq mi) |
| Population (2009 census)[2] | |
• Total | 13,393 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
History
editKokry was an important political center under the Mali Empire and Songhai Empires, seat of the Cha'a (governor) of the province of Kala.[4] It was also the seat of a Traoré kingdom, one of twelve that divided the province.[5]
References
edit- ↑ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-01-06. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
- 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Ségou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2012-08-30
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link). - ↑ Communes de la Région de Ségou (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.
- ↑ Person, Yves (1981). "Nyaani Mansa Mamudu et la fin de l 'empire du Mali". Le sol, la parole et l'écrit: Mélanges en hommage à Raymond Mauny, Tome II. Vol. 5. Paris: Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer. p. 618. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ↑ Bazin, Jean (1988). "Princes désarmés, corps dangereux. Les « rois-femmes » de la région de Segu". Cahiers d'Études Africaines (in French). 28 (111): 386. doi:10.3406/cea.1988.1658. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
External links
edit- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Kokry 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-26, retrieved 2012-08-30.
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