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Fun fact 2 about Sikasso

Le grand marché de Sikasso
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Sikasso withstood a 15-month siege by Samori Ture from 1887 to 1888.

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Mali
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Sikasso

Mali

Country
Mali
Population
226.6K
Coordinates
11.32, -5.67
765th most populous city in the world

Sikasso is a city in the south of Mali and the capital of the Sikasso Cercle and the Sikasso Region. It is Mali's second largest city with 225,753 residents in the 2009 census. The city is a large centre and trading port, and was the capital of the Kénédougou Kingdom between 1877 and 1898.

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Photo: Mousssa NIAKATE · CC BY-SA 4.0