Kouniakary | |
Settlement Type: | Urban commune and town |
Pushpin Map: | Mali |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mali |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kayes Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
Subdivision Name2: | Kayes Cercle |
Population As Of: | 2009 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 8135 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 14.5764°N -10.9°W |
Kouniakary or Koniakari is a town and urban commune in the Cercle of Kayes in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The town is located approximately 65 kilometres from Kayes city. In 2009 the commune had a population of 8135.
In 1855, El Hadj Umar Tall constructed a tata (fortification) at Koniakari to protect against the soldiers of French Colonel Louis Archinard; the tata still stands today, and has become a tourist attraction.