Segou travel guide

Ségou (Seku, Segu) is a city in south-central Mali, lying 235 kilometres northeast of Bamako on the River Niger, in the region of Ségou. It was founded by the Bozo people in 1620, on a site about 10 kilometers from the present town. With 100,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest city in Mali.
Capital of the Bambara Empire in the past, Ségou is now the capital of Mali’s fourth largest administrative region of Ségou. It is known also as the city of “Balanzan”, named after the local tree acacia albida. Segou has faced numerous conquests and changes of administration, but has always benefited from trade with nearby commercial centres such as Djenne and Timbuktu, and been an administrative center and commercial center for cereal and cattle. (...) more....

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