Koloni
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| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Sikasso Region |
| Cercle | Koutiala Cercle |
| Commune | Niantaga |
| Elevation | 312 m (1,024 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Koloni is a village and administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune of Niantaga in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali.[1] The village is 45 km north-northeast of Koutiala.
The French explorer René Caillié stopped at Koloni on 21 February 1828 on his journey to Timbuktu. He was travelling with a caravan transporting kola nuts to Djenné. In his book Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo published in 1830 he wrote:
At ten in the morning we arrived at Coloni, a little village situated in a beautiful, fertile and well cultivated plain, surrounded by a great number of large bombases. ... The village of Coloni, which is surrounded by two mud walls, contains a population of about four hundred, consisting of Foulahs, Bambaras, and Mandingoes: it is shaded by large mimosas and some bombaces.[2][3]
References
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- ^ Caillié 1830, pp. 428-429.
- ^ Viguier 2008, p. 63.
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