Koutiala
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Koutiala (Bambara: ߞߎߕߌߊߟߊ tr. Kutiala) is a city in Mali in the administrative region of Sikasso, and is located 140 km north of the city of Sikasso. Koutiala serves as the capital of its administrative Cercle, home to 575,253 people in 2009. As of the 2009 Census, Koutiala has 137,919 residents.
History
Climate
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|Jan high C = 32.5
|Feb high C = 35.6
|Mar high C = 38.3
|Apr high C = 39.1
|May high C = 37.6
|Jun high C = 34.6
|Jul high C = 31.6
|Aug high C = 30.4
|Sep high C = 31.6
|Oct high C = 34.6
|Nov high C = 35.6
|Dec high C = 33.4
|year high C = 34.6
|Jan mean C =24.7
|Feb mean C =27.6
|Mar mean C =31.0
|Apr mean C =32.9
|May mean C =31.9
|Jun mean C =29.4
|Jul mean C =27.2
|Aug mean C =26.3
|Sep mean C =27.0
|Oct mean C =28.8
|Nov mean C =27.8
|Dec mean C =25.2
|year mean C = 28.3
|Jan low C = 16.7
|Feb low C = 19.6
|Mar low C = 23.7
|Apr low C = 26.6
|May low C = 26.2
|Jun low C = 24.2
|Jul low C = 22.7
|Aug low C = 22.3
|Sep low C = 22.4
|Oct low C = 23.0
|Nov low C = 20.0
|Dec low C = 16.9
|year low C = 22.0
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|Jan precipitation mm = 0.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 1.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 2.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 21.6
|May precipitation mm = 64.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 115.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 209.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 269.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 158.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 55.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 2.1
|Dec precipitation mm = 0.3
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 0.3
|Feb precipitation days = 0.2
|Mar precipitation days = 0.9
|Apr precipitation days = 3.8
|May precipitation days = 7.8
|Jun precipitation days = 11.3
|Jul precipitation days = 16.1
|Aug precipitation days = 18.5
|Sep precipitation days = 14.6
|Oct precipitation days = 7.1
|Nov precipitation days = 0.3
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|source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{Cite web |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Mali/CSV/Koutiala_61293.csv |title=World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Koutiala |access-date=7 January 2024 |publisher=NOAA |format=CSV}}}}
Economy
Koutiala is the heartland of cotton production in Mali and is sometimes called "the white gold capital" for its cotton.{{cite book|last=López-Ridaura|first=Santiago|title=Multi-scale sustainability evaluation: a framework for the derivation and quantification of indicators for natural resource management systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kJEAAAAYAAJ|access-date=5 January 2011|year=2005|publisher=Wageningen University and Research Centre|isbn=978-90-6754-954-7}} However, the industry has been affected by stagnation since the 1980s.{{cite book|last1=Benjaminsen|first1=Tor Arve|last2=Lund|first2=Christian|title=Politics, property and production in the West African Sahel: understanding natural resources management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Wwfaba21mgC&pg=PA263|access-date=5 January 2011|year=2001|publisher=Nordic Africa Institute|isbn=978-91-7106-476-9|page=263}} Aside from cotton it is also noted for grain production, primarily pearl millet, sorghum and maize.{{cite book|last1=Morrisson|first1=Christian|last2=Lecaillon|first2=Jacques|title=Economic Policies and Agricultural Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=If6MEF2bIGkC&pg=PA161|access-date=5 January 2011|publisher=OECD|page=161}} Koutiala is the second most industrial city in Mali, hosting, among others, the Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile (CMDT) and the Huilerie cotonnière du Mali (HUICOMA).
Notable people
- Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, president of Mali{{cite news |title=Mali's ousted president Keita dies at 76 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/malis-ousted-president-ibrahim-boubacar-keita-has-died-says-former-justice-2022-01-16/ |access-date=13 February 2022 |publisher=Reuters |date=17 January 2022}}
- Berthé Aïssata Bengaly, Malian government minister
See also
References
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{{Communes of the Sikasso Region}}
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