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  Sikasso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sikasso is a city in the south of Mali and the capital of the Sikasso Region.
Sikasso was founded at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Mansa Douala.
The Cercle of Sikasso includes the communes of Benkadi, Blendio, Dandéresso, Dembella, Dialakoro, Diomaténé, Dogoni, Doumanaba, Fama, Farakala, Finkolo Ganadougou, Finkolo- Sikasso, Gongasso, Kabarasso, Kaboila, Kafouzela, Kapala, Kapolondougou, Kignan, Klela, Kofan, Kolokoba, Koumankou, Kouoro, Kourouma, Lobougoula, Miniko, Miria, Missirikoro, N Tjikouna, Natien, Niena, Nongo-Souala, pimperna, Sanzana, Sikasso, Soukourani-Missirikoro, Tella, Tiankadi, Waténi, Zanferebougou, Zangaradougou and Zanièna.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sikasso   (357 words)

  
 Sikasso Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sikasso is officially the poorest region in Mali since there are few tourist attractions.
The city of Sikasso is known for a vibrant outdoor market which feautures fabrics, numerous vegetables and fruits (especially mangoes, for which Sikasso is particularly known.) Sikasso is an ethnic and linguistic melting pot featuring people from outlying villages, immigrants from Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso and refugees.
Other major cities in Sikasso region include Bougouni, a junction town en route to the capitol of Mali; Bamako, which has also grown tremendously in recent years; and Koutiala, in the northern Sikasso region, which is the hub of Mali's highly productive cotton industry, which produces one of the country's few exports.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sikasso_Region   (226 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Sikasso
Sikasso, town in southern Mali, 290 km (180 mi) south-east of the capital, Bamako.
The principal city of the Sikasso Region, it is an industrial town...
The main cities are Bamako, the capital, with a population of 1,083,000 (1999 estimate); Ségou, 107,000 (1998); Sikasso, 90,000 (1998); and Mopti,...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Sikasso.html   (73 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Sikasso
The Kénédougou Empire was a short-lived West African empire centered on Sikasso in present-day Mali.
The mushroom-shaped concrete water tower of Roihuvuori in Helsinki, Finland was built in the 1970s.
Niena is a village and rural commune of Mali, in the cercle and region of Sikasso.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sikasso   (944 words)

  
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Sikasso alerted his owners to an attic fire in the middle of the night.
Sikasso, named for a town in Mali, also received the New River Valley Kennel Club's first K-9 Hero Award last week.
Sikasso was sleeping in the laundry room near the front of the house.
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 BBC SPORT | AFRICA  | Lions and Elephants head to Sikasso
Sikasso in the South Eastern corner of the country is more cosmopolitan than your average Malian city.
Sikasso is Mali's greenest city and was founded in a forest where elephants were abundant.
The people of the Sikasso region are certainly being asked to commit to the decision for the city to host Africa's greatest soccer event.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/africa/1540515.stm   (471 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Sikasso Region
Alternate meaning: crucible (science) The melting pot is a metaphor for the way in which heterogenous societies develop, in which the ingredients in the pot (iron, tin; people of different backgrounds and religions, etc....
Tea is consumed as either a hot or a cold beverage by about one-half of the world's population, yet it is second to coffee in commercial importance, largely because a significant portion of the world's tea crop is consumed in the growing regions.
The rainy season may have gotten off to a somewhat late start in Sikasso Region, but any adverse effects were later reversed as the growing season went well in all the country's leading farming areas, thanks to well-balanced rainfall.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sikasso-Region   (618 words)

  
 World War 1 and 2 - Sikasso
Sikasso is the second largest city in Mali, lying in the south of the nation.
The town was a small village until 1876 when Tieba, whose mother came from Sikasso, became King of the Kénédougou Empire and moved its capital there.
He established his palace on the scared Mamelon hill (now home to a water tower).
www.worldwardiary.com /history/Sikasso   (101 words)

  
 FAO: SD : Institutions :Cooperatives, Development and Decentralization in Mali: Experiences in building successful ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Sikasso Region (of which the city of Sikasso is the administrative capital) has a population of 1,780,042 and it covers about 6% (71 790 km2) of the territory of Mali.
It is difficult for traders to be absent from their daily responsibilities, yet these networks will be important in helping groups like the APLS address issues of police and customs harassments that constrain the free flow of goods.
Membership is open to all grain traders in the Sikasso commune who agree to pay the Association fees and to meet the Association’s regulations such as participating in meetings and training.
www.fao.org /waicent/faOINFO/susTDEV/dim_in3/in3_050201a1_en.htm   (9852 words)

  
 Sikasso Ltd - Occupational Therapy Services - Access Audits
An Access Audit is an examination of a building, its facilities and services, against predetermined criteria to assess its ease of use by disabled people.
Access Audits carried out by Sikasso Ltd will identify those areas of accessibility and usability requiring attention in your premises, providing prioritised recommendations to enable your business to progress towards full compliance with the DDA.
Carrying out an audit is the first step towards meeting the requirements of the Act, whilst assisting in improving access is likely to increase your customer base.
www.sikasso.co.uk /access.html   (192 words)

  
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Sikasso is located some 380 km from Bamako, not very far from the borders with Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso.
It is the country's third administrative region and it is expected to welcome a massive influx of visitors during the African Nations Cup finals.
Visitors would also discover several relics, including the ruins of Tata (a large fortress built in the 19th Century to protect the city), the tombs of former kings like Tiéba and his brother Babemba Traoré; who lifted the Kingdom of Kénédougou to its apogee towards 1895.
www.panapress.com /can2002/sitesikassoeng.htm   (187 words)

  
 AngolaPress - News
The objective of the initiative, which is an operational phase of the recently adopted ECOWAS Memorandum on "border countries" is to encourage a process of cross-border dialogue and action between the regions of Sikasso and Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), by exploiting the cross-border potential of that region.
The area between Sikasso to Bobo-Dioulasso is a contact zone, which harbours potentialities that are common in the two Sudanic- Sahelian border regions, as well as in Korhogo area of neighbouring Cote d`Ivoire.
The aim of the Sikasso workshop is to launch a cross-border cooperation process.
www.angolapress-angop.ao /noticia-e.asp?ID=378051   (313 words)

  
 SDC-Health: Mali
To achieve this, the SDC contributes to improve local health facilities (community health centre, group and regional hospitals) and the system of social welfare, and invests particularly in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the supply of essential medicines, the training of nursing staff, the support of community health associations and favouring traditional medicine.
Since 1978 Switzerland has been providing support for Mali’s healthcare system in the Sikasso region of the country in the form of an institutional aid programme that forms an integral part of the Malian health system.
General objectives: improve the social and health situation of the inhabitants of the Sikasso region and increase their involvement in the management of public affairs (governance).
www.sdc-health.ch /priority_countries/west_africa/mali   (639 words)

  
 Sikasso - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Sikasso region is Mali's "breadbasket." It is an agricultural area, and most of the people are farmers.
Mali [an error occurred while processing this directive] Sikasso News, December 2004-January 2005
Sikasso news from Sept 2004 to Dec 2004
news.daylightonline.com /2005-02/Sikasso.html   (82 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Sikasso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Sikasso; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Sikasso   (469 words)

  
 Région de Sikasso in Mali - Viovio! Travel
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www.viovio.com /Earth/Africa/Mali/Sikasso   (240 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Sikasso
The next meeting of importance was held on the 20th of February from 100 to 1420 in Sikasso, in Mali.
The town's sole bakery runs on electricity, so it is now closed, meaning bread has to be brought in from the regional capital, Sikasso, 100 km away.
The group, mainly women and children, were stopped in Sikasso, a town at the border of Mali and Guinea, because they lacked authorization from the Guinean government to traverse its territory, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
worldcities.surfwax.com /files/Sikasso_Mali.html   (203 words)

  
 2005 Population Figures for Sikasso, Mali   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Bamako Capital District; Gao; Kayes; Kidal; Koulikoro; Mopti; Ségou; Sikasso; Tombouctou.
...and Zaradougou, in the region of Sikasso in the...
160,904 for Sikasso, Mali is based on a number of factors and sources.
travel.synabu.com /cities/S/Sikasso,_Mali.html   (233 words)

  
 Mappic.org - Travelogue - "Mali: Burkina Faso - Sikasso - Bamako - Didieni - Diema - Bougoudiré - Nioro - Mauritania"
Mappic.org - Travelogue - "Mali: Burkina Faso - Sikasso - Bamako - Didieni - Diema - Bougoudiré - Nioro - Mauritania"
» Travelogues » Mali: Burkina Faso - Sikasso - Bamako - Didieni - Diema - Bougoudiré - Nioro - Mauritania
Jul.8-10, 2004: Sikasso - Bamako We have a few days rest at Sikasso to recover from lack of sleep, itching mosquito bites and increasing fatigue.
mappic.org /viewTravelogue.php?id=90&PHPSESSID=8e879df5f54928945c2d5...   (1034 words)

  
 Sikasso Ltd - Home Page
Sikasso Ltd are providers of Occupational Therapy Services.
We specialise in modification and manipulation of environments, disability access audits and compliance planning and consultancy for business in respect of the Disability Discrimination Act.
Sikasso Ltd can help you to ensure that your business is operating in accordance with the legislation, and so minimise the risk of potentially unlimited fines being imposed on you and your company.
www.sikasso.co.uk   (119 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for Mali
North of Sikasso in Danderesso Administrative District, towns of Nougoussouala (Nonko), Fourouma, Mamarasso (Mora), Famsara, and Zantiguila.
3rd Region (Sikasso), prefectures of Kadiolo and Sikasso.
[sep] Villages of Bakoronidougou, Gouaniéresso, Finkolo-Zanso, and Missidougou, east of Sikasso near the Burkina Faso border.
www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Mali   (1707 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | CUP OF NATIONS  | Clockwatch: African Nations Cup
Ivorian hearts are in mouths, but their team survive with a point.
85 mins (Sikasso): Coulibaly (Ivory Coast) is booked for a bad foul near the edge of his own penalty area, but Togo waste their chance.
56 mins (Sikasso): A Ivory Coast corner is just too far away for Coulibaly to force Kossi to make a save.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/football/africa/cup_of_nations/1774047.stm   (952 words)

  
 Flight schedule Sikasso: Best air fare offers for flight scheduleSikasso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 DCP: Mali : Sikasso
4.1 km (2.5 miles) SSW of Lobougoula, Sikasso, Mali
6.6 km (4.1 miles) SE of Mafélé, Sikasso, Mali
1.9 km (1.2 miles) N of Ntabako, Sikasso, Mali
www.confluence.org /region.php?id=626   (45 words)

  
 IICD - International Institute for Communication and Development - Séminaire sur le thème: Agriculture et TIC à ...
Séminaire sur le thème: Agriculture et TIC à Sikasso
Ils viennent de Bamako, Bandiagara, Dioila, Fana, Kita, Koulikoro Sikasso.
La presse locale de Sikasso a été fortement impliquée pour une diffusion large du séminaire et ses résolutions.
www.iicd.org /articles/iicdnews.2005-10-24.5741085910   (515 words)

  
 Lowest airfare Sikasso: Best air fare offers for lowest airfareSikasso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 VirtualTourist.com - Alpha_Ghana's Region de Sikasso Travel Page
Sikasso is just a custom and a transit town when you are en route between Burkina Faso and Bamako.
The place is not interesting, just caverns and old city walls.
Tata is the name of the wall around the city of Sikasso, it was protecting the royal palace.
www.virtualtourist.com /m/1ddc7/ebf   (188 words)

  
 Grand Tour of Mali | Mali | Timbuktu
Visit Sekoro village, the "old Segou" and former capital of the Bambara kingdom; see the tomb of King Biton Coulibaly; then drive on to Mali's green belt, to the city of Sikasso; overnight in Sikasso.
Sikasso city tour: see the ruins of the Tata, ancient palisade which encircles the city and for a time held off the French colonial army; visit the Mamelon, residence of the last king of Sikasso; also visit the market; after lunch, return drive to Bamako; overnight in Bamako.
Leisurely day in Bamako: do some final shopping at the artisans' village or just relax by your hotel pool; in the evening, transfer to the airport for your final departure.
www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/11140.html   (427 words)

  
 Great Circle Location: KSS: Sikasso, ML
Great Circle Location: KSS: Sikasso, ML Great Circle Location: KSS
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