Mopti

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Mopti
Mopti (Mali)
Mopti
Mopti
Coordinates 14 ° 30 ′  N , 4 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 30 ′  N , 4 ° 12 ′  W
Basic data
Country Mali

region

Mopti
height 268 m
Residents 114,296 (2009)
The center of Mopti as seen from the Niger.  In the background the indentation of the "harbor".
The center of Mopti as seen from the Niger. In the background the indentation of the "harbor".
The great mosque of Mopti

Mopti is a town in Mali with 114,296 inhabitants and the administrative seat of the region of the same name . It is located about 650 kilometers from Bamako .

The regional capital Mopti is located at the confluence of the Bani and Niger , between Timbuktu and Ségou . The core of Mopti lies on three islands, which is why it was given the name “ Venice Malis”. The place was founded in the 19th century as a small Bozo settlement. In 1905 a colonial administration was established on site.

Individual districts are located on islands and are connected by dam structures. Charlotville is the oldest part of the city, known as the European Quarter in colonial times . The local population was relocated to the newly built Komoguel residential area at the beginning of the 20th century . For this reason, the great mosque of Mopti (Mosquée de Komoguel) was built there. It was built from 1933 to 1935 on the site of a mosque built in 1908 and restored from 2004 to 2006. Today's old town is a popular tourist destination with its markets and the Mopti mosque.

Mopti is the seat of the Mopti diocese .

population

In Mopti, the residents are ethnically heterogeneous. The settlement areas overlap, blurring the boundaries, melting pot effect. This is typical for Mopti, as it is a favored settlement area in its short history. A high percentage of them are Fulbe . There are also Marka , Bambara , Bozo , Bobo and, in splinter groups, Mossi .

Economy and Transport

Mopti is particularly characterized by trade and craft. The city is a trading center for fish, cattle and grain. Fish is exported as smoked and dried fish. Important branches of trade are weaving, iron and leather processing, pottery and boat building ( pinasses up to 50 tons).

In addition to the country's second largest commercial center, Mopti is the country's most important port. Ferries connect Mopti with Timbuktu , Gao , Koulikoro and Djenné . The Mopti Airport is located about 12 kilometers east of the city at Sévaré .

The situation in 2012

After a military coup in Bamako in March 2012, Azawad's declaration of independence by the Tuareg rebels on April 6, 2012 and the Islamist group Ansar Dine shortly afterwards came to power in northern Mali, chaos reigns supreme. A 20-minute Powerpoint presentation shows snapshots from Mali from Aug./Sept. 2012.

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Climate table

Mopti
Climate diagram
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24
 
41
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56
 
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127
 
35
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36
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32
16
Temperature in ° Cprecipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Mopti
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 31.7 35.1 37.8 40.0 40.6 38.0 34.8 32.9 33.6 35.6 35.2 31.7 O 35.6
Min. Temperature (° C) 15.0 17.8 21.3 25.0 26.8 25.8 24.0 23.4 23.7 23.6 19.5 16.0 O 21.8
Precipitation ( mm ) 0 0 0 4th 24 56 127 156 80 19th 0 1 Σ 467
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 8.8 9.6 8.8 8.5 8.7 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.3 9.0 9.4 8.5 O 8.6
Rainy days ( d ) 0 0 0 0 2 6th 10 11 7th 2 0 0 Σ 38
Humidity ( % ) 24 20th 19th 21st 33 47 62 70 66 49 31 27 O 39.2
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Source: wetterkontor.de

Town twinning

Sister cities of Mopti are

Personalities

Amadou Toumani Touré (* 1948 in Mopti) was the President of Mali from May 2002 to March 2012.

See also

literature

  • Dorothee Gruner, The Lehmmoschee am Niger, documentation of a traditional building type, Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-515-05357-3

Web links

Commons : Mopti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. INSTAT: Results of the 2009 census (PDF; 957 kB)
  2. a b c Dorothee Gruner, Die Lehmmoschee am Niger , p. 200 (see lit.)
  3. a b Dorothee Gruner, Die Lehmmoschee am Niger , p. 127 (see lit.)
  4. Snapshots from Mali, Aug./Sept. 2012 (20-minute PowerPoint presentation, English)
  5. site Chrartres-de-Bretagne - Les villes jumelées
  6. Montagnes-au-Perche website
  7. Website Bouaké - Villes amies ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mairiebke.e-monsite.com