Koulikoro is a city in Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

. The capital of the Koulikoro Region

Koulikoro Region

Koulikoro is a region in Mali. It is the second administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 90,120 km². Its capital is the city of Koulikoro.- Geography :...

, Koulikoro is located on banks of the Niger River

Niger River

The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea...

, 59 kilometres (36.7 mi) from Mali's capital Bamako

Bamako

Bamako is the capital of Mali and its largest city with a population of 1.8 million . Currently, it is estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth fastest in the world...

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The Cercle of Koulikoro is divided into 10 communes (among them are Dinandougou

Dinandougou

Dinandougou is a commune in the Cercle of Koulikoro in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The principal town lies at Kenekou and it has 28 villages: Banancoro, Bakolé, Bougoukoro, Bouramabougou, Dinan-Marka, Dinan-Bamanan, Diaguinébougou, Diecoungo, Dioni, Doubala, Donéguébougou,...

, Koula, Meguetan

Meguetan

Meguetan is a commune in the Cercle of Koulikoro in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The principal town lies at Gouni on the Niger River. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 15,136....

, Nyamina, Sirakorola

Sirakorola

Sirakorola is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Koulikoro in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 27859.It is located 18 kilometres from Koulikoro city.-References:...

, Tienfela, and Tougouni

Tougouni

Tougouni is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Koulikoro in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 8579....

) and has a population of 118,686 inhabitants.

Koulikoro is very industrialized and is the terminus of the Dakar-Niger Railway

Dakar-Niger Railway

The Dakar–Niger Railway connects Dakar, to Koulikoro, . It serves many cities in Senegal and Mali...

. Between August and November, at the end of the rainy season, the Niger River can be used to transport goods to Ségou

Ségou

Ségou is a city in south-central Mali, lying northeast of Bamako on the River Niger, in the region of Ségou. It was founded by the Bozo people, on a site about from the present town...

, Mopti

Mopti

Mopti is a city at the confluence of the Niger and the Bani in Mali, between Timbuktu and Ségou. The city lies on three islands linked by dykes: the New Town, the Old Town and Medina Coura. As a result it is sometimes known as the "Venice of Mali".-History:The city of Mopti derives its name from...

, Tombouctou

Tombouctou

Tombouctou may be:* Tombouctou Region in northern Mali* The French name for the city of Timbuktu, which gives its name to the region...

 and Gao

Gao

Gao is a town in eastern Mali on the River Niger lying ESE of Timbuktu. Situated on the left bank of the river at the junction with the Tilemsi valley, it is the capital of the Gao Region and had a population of 86,663 in 2009....

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