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Kouniakary or Koniakari is a town and urban commune in the Cercle of Kayes in the Kayes Region of south-western
Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
. The town is located approximately 65 kilometres from
Kayes Kayes (Bambara language, Bambara: ߞߊߦߌ tr. ''Kayi'', Soninke language, Soninké: ''Xaayi'') is a city in western Mali on the Sénégal River with a population of 127,368 at the 2009 census. Kayes is the capital of the Kayes Region, administ ...
city. In 2009 the commune had a population of 8135. In 1855, El Hadj
Umar Tall Hadji Oumarûl Foutiyou Tall (Umar ibn Sa'id al-Futi Tal, ar, حاج عمر بن سعيد طعل), ( – 1864 CE), born in Futa Tooro, present day Senegal, was a West African political leader, Islamic scholar, Tijani Sufi and Toucouleur ...
constructed a ''tata'' (fortification) at Koniakari to protect against the soldiers of French Colonel
Louis Archinard Louis Archinard (11 February 1850 – 8 May 1932) was a French Army general at the time of the Third Republic, who contributed to the colonial conquest of French West Africa. He was traditionally presented in French histories as the conqueror a ...
; the ''tata'' still stands today, and has become a tourist attraction.


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*This article began as a translation of the corresponding article from the French Wikipedia, accessed December 17, 2005. Communes of Kayes Region French West Africa {{Kayes-geo-stub