Ségou

This article covers the city of Ségou. There is also a Ségou region .

Ségou
Ségou
Coordinates	13 ° 27 ′  N , 6 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 27 ′  N , 6 ° 16 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Mali
region	Ségou
Residents	133,501 (2009)

Ségou or Segu is a town in Mali with 133,501 inhabitants (2009 census). It is located on the Niger River 235 km northeast of Bamako and is the capital of the Ségou region of the same name .

history

Pirogues on the Niger River in Ségou

The market in Ségou

The Bozo people founded Ségou around 1620. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bambara , founded by Biton Mamary Coulibaly in 1712 and which lasted until 1861, the year of its final conquest by Muslim troops.

The historic Ségou ( "Segou-Koro" ) is located about 10 km southwest of today's city center. It essentially plays the novel Segu by Maryse Condé, who received the alternative Nobel Prize in Literature for it in 2018.

Population development

The following overview shows the population by area since the 1976 census.

year	Residents
1976 (census)	65,426
1987 (census)	88,135
1998 (census)	105,305
2009 (census)	133.501

Ségou today

Today Ségou is known for its fish industry and the fish market, the water tower in the city center is visible from afar. The Festival sur le Niger, which has been taking place in the city every February since 2005, attracts numerous visitors.

Climate table

Ségou
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     0   32 16     0   36 18th     2   39 21st     13   41 25th     25th   40 26th     86   38 24     190   33 23     239   31 22nd     125   33 22nd     24   36 22nd     3   36 20th     0   33 17th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Ségou Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 32.4 35.5 38.7 40.5 40.3 37.8 32.8 31.1 32.7 35.5 35.8 32.6 O 35.5 Min. Temperature (° C) 15.5 17.6 21.4 24.5 26.1 24.3 22.6 22.1 22.2 22.2 19.6 16.5 O 21.2 Precipitation ( mm ) 0 0 2 13 25th 86 190 239 125 24 3 0 Σ 707 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 9.5 9.8 9.7 8.8 8.4 8.7 7.8 7.1 8.0 9.1 9.5 8.9 O 8.8 Rainy days ( d ) 0 0 0 2 6th 10 14th 17th 14th 5 1 0 Σ 69 Humidity ( % ) 30th 25th 24 31 44 58 71 79 77 62 42 36 O 48.4 Source: wetterkontor.de

See also

• Office du Niger

Web links

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

• Ségou Tourist Office (French)
• Festival sur le Niger (French and English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ INSTAT: Results of the 2009 census (PDF; 871 kB)
2. ↑ Mali: Regions, Cities & Urban Settlements - Population Statistics, Maps, Graphics, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .