Markala
Markala is a commune in Mali's Ségou Region on the Niger River 35 km down stream from the town of Ségou. The commune contains 30 villages in an area of 318 square kilometers and in 2009 had a population of 45,961.
Photo: Rgaudin, Public domain.- Type: Town with 53,700 residents
- Description: commune of Mali
- Also known as: “مرقالة” and “مركالة”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Markala Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diamarabougou.
Markala
- Categories: commune of Mali and locality
- Location: Ségou Cercle, Segou, Mali, Sahel, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.6859° or 13° 41′ 9″ north
Longitude
-6.0686° or 6° 4′ 7″ west
Population
53,700
Elevation
293 metres (961 feet)
Open location code
7C5MMWPJ+8H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Markala” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مركالا”
- Bambara: “Marakala”
- Bulgarian: “Маркала”
- Catalan: “Markala”
- Cebuano: “Markala”
- Chinese: “馬爾卡拉”
- Czech: “Markala”
- Dutch: “Markala”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماركالا”
- Esperanto: “Markala”
- Finnish: “Markala”
- French: “Markala”
- German: “Markala”
- Greek: “Μαρκαλά”
- Hungarian: “Markala”
- Irish: “Markala”
- Italian: “Markala”
- Japanese: “マルカラ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Markala”
- N'Ko: “ߡߙߊ߬ߞߊ߬ߟߊ߫”
- Polish: “Markala”
- Portuguese: “Markala”
- Russian: “Маркала”
- Spanish: “Markala”
- Swedish: “Markala”
- Urdu: “مارکالا”
- Uzbek: “Markala”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kirango and Tiembéla.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Palais de Justice and Hôpital de markala.
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