Nioro du Sahel
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|subdivision_name1 = Kayes Region
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Nioro du Sahel, often referred to as simply Nioro, is a town and urban commune in the Kayes Region of western Mali, 241 km from the city of Kayes. It is located 275 miles (by road) north-west of the Malian capital Bamako. As of 1998, the commune had a population of 60,112, although current estimates are nearer to 69,100 people.
Founded in circa 1240 by a Diawando slave named Beydari Tamboura,Dicko, Seïdina Oumar. Hamallah, le protégé de Dieu. Editions Jamana, 1 Jan 1999 pg 39 Nioro attained its greatest height in the eighteenth century as the then-capital of the Bambara kingdom of Kaarta. The town became an important trading center between Upper Senegal and the Sudan.
In the early 1850s, the Toucouleur conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall invaded Kaarta, forcing the kingdom's conversion to Islam; he built a great mosque in Nioro in 1854. Umar Tall's son Ahmadu Tall took refuge in Nioro after the fall of his capital Segou to the French in 1890. His army, led by the Wolof king-in-exile Alboury Ndiaye, failed to defend the city against the advancing colonial army in January 1891.{{cite book |last1=Charles |first1=Eunice A. |title=Precolonial Senegal : the Jolof Kingdom, 1800-1890 |date=1977 |publisher=African Studies Center, Boston University |location=Brookline, MA|page=130 |url=https://archive.org/details/precolonialseneg00char/page/n15/mode/2up |access-date=15 July 2023}}
The town has an airstrip at Nioro Airport.
Climate
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| location = Nioro (1961–1990)
| Jan high C = 31.4
| Feb high C = 34.7
| Mar high C = 37.5
| Apr high C = 40.0
| May high C = 41.3
| Jun high C = 39.4
| Jul high C = 34.8
| Aug high C = 32.9
| Sep high C = 34.5
| Oct high C = 37.3
| Nov high C = 35.7
| Dec high C = 31.6
| year high C = 35.9
| Jan mean C = 22.7
| Feb mean C = 25.2
| Mar mean C = 28.2
| Apr mean C = 31.4
| May mean C = 34.0
| Jun mean C = 33.1
| Jul mean C = 29.5
| Aug mean C = 27.9
| Sep mean C = 28.8
| Oct mean C = 29.7
| Nov mean C = 26.7
| Dec mean C = 22.9
| year mean C = 28.3
| Jan low C = 13.5
| Feb low C = 16.1
| Mar low C = 19.1
| Apr low C = 23.6
| May low C = 27.2
| Jun low C = 27.0
| Jul low C = 24.6
| Aug low C = 23.6
| Sep low C = 23.6
| Oct low C = 22.6
| Nov low C = 18.2
| Dec low C = 14.2
| year low C = 21.2
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 0.5
| Feb precipitation mm = 0.0
| Mar precipitation mm = 0.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 2.5
| May precipitation mm = 7.1
| Jun precipitation mm = 46.4
| Jul precipitation mm = 132.8
| Aug precipitation mm = 148.9
| Sep precipitation mm = 92.0
| Oct precipitation mm = 26.0
| Nov precipitation mm = 1.0
| Dec precipitation mm = 0.8
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| Jan rain days = 0.1
| Feb rain days = 0.0
| Mar rain days = 0.0
| Apr rain days = 0.7
| May rain days = 2.0
| Jun rain days = 5.1
| Jul rain days = 11.4
| Aug rain days = 10.2
| Sep rain days = 9.1
| Oct rain days = 3.1
| Nov rain days = 0.3
| Dec rain days = 0.1
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| Jan sun = 259.4
| Feb sun = 246.0
| Mar sun = 275.3
| Apr sun = 267.5
| May sun = 263.7
| Jun sun = 251.4
| Jul sun = 247.8
| Aug sun = 245.1
| Sep sun = 247.8
| Oct sun = 260.4
| Nov sun = 255.0
| Dec sun = 244.6
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| source 1 = NOAA{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/RA-I/M1/61230.TXT
|title = Station Name: NIORO
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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|access-date = 24 August 2024}}
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References
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