Diallan

Diallan
Commune and town
Diallan is located in Mali
Diallan
Diallan
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°12′22″N 10°9′40″W / 14.20611°N 10.16111°W / 14.20611; -10.16111
Country Mali
RegionKayes Region
CercleBafoulabé Cercle
Elevation
761 ft (232 m)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total
14,635
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Diallan or Dialla is a town and commune in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 14,635.

History

Diallan was an important town during the Mali Empire, and the site of a Madugu (royal palace). In 1501 it was besieged by Umar Komajago, the Kurmina-fari of the Songhai Empire, but resisted. Komajago was reinforced by Askia Muhammad I, and together they sacked the town and the palace, eventually ending Malian hegemony on the north bank of the Senegal River.

References

  1. ↑ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Kayes) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link).
  2. ↑ Levtzion, Nehemia (1980). Ancient Ghana and Mali (2nd ed.). New York: Africana Publishing Company. p. 86-7.