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The following is a
timeline of the
history of the
city of
Bamako ,
Mali .
Prior to 20th century
20th century
Hippo statue, Boulevard de l'indépendance, erected 1990s (photo 2008)
1903 - Fort demolished.
1904 -
Koulikoro -Bamako railway built.
[2]
1906 - Chamber of commerce established.
[4]
[5]
1907 -
Palais de Koulouba [
fr ] (presidential residence) built.
[6]
1908 - 23 May: Capital of French colonial
Upper Senegal and Niger relocated to Bamako from
Kayes .
[7]
1919 - Bamako becomes a "commune-mixte" (form of administration).(
fr )
1920
1921 - Catholic
Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako active.
[9]
1923 -
Dakar-Bamako railroad begins operating.
1924 -
Monument aux héros de l'Armee Noire [
fr ] dedicated.
1927 -
Sacred Heart Cathedral built.
1929 - "
Submersible causeway to Sotuba" built across the
Niger River .
1933 -
Ecole Artisanale du Soudan (art school) established (later Institut National des Arts de Bamako).
1934 - Institut de la Lèpre (medical entity) begins
operating .
[2]
1936 - Population: 21,000 (estimate).
[11]
1945 - Population: 36,000 (estimate).
[11]
1946 -
Rassemblement Démocratique Africain political party headquartered in city.
[7]
1947 -
Dakar–Niger Railway labor strike.
1948 - Photographer
Seydou Keïta in business.
[12]
[13]
1949 -
L'Essor newspaper begins publication.
[5]
1953 -
Sudanese Museum opens.
1956 -
Modibo Keïta elected mayor.
1958
Vincent Auriol Bridge built.
Photographer
Malick Sidibé in business.
Population: 76,000.
[11]
1960
City becomes capital of the Republic of Mali.
Djoliba AC (football club) formed.
Stade Modibo Kéïta (stadium) opens.
Population: 130,00 urban agglomeration.
[15]
1963 -
École Normale Supérieure of Bamako opens.
1965
1970s -
Grand Mosque of Bamako built.
1972 - Population: 225,000 (estimate).
[11]
1974 - Twin city relationship established with
Angers , France.
1975 - Sister city relationship established with
Rochester , New York, United States.
1976 -
1977 - 18 May: Funeral of Modibo Keita.
[2]
1978
District of Bamako created, consisting of six communes: Commune I, II, III,
IV [
fr ] , V, and
VI [
fr ] , each with its own mayor.(
fr )
Groupe Bogolan Kasobané (artisan group) formed.
[16]
1980 - March: Saharan states summit held in city.
[2]
1982 -
National Museum of Mali active.
[16]
1983 -
Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision du Mali headquartered in city.
1984 - October: Meeting of
Economic Community of West African States held in city.
[2]
1987
"Islamic centre" built.
[7]
African health ministers meet in city, adopt "
Bamako Initiative " for healthcare.
Population: 658,275 in city.
[17]
1989 -
Les Échos newspaper begins publication.
[5]
1990s - Hippopotamus
statue [
fr ] erected.
[1]
1991
1992
1994
1995 - Monument de l'Indépendance and Monument to the Martyrs dedicated.(
fr )
1996
1998
2000
Fresques murales de Koulouba (monument) built.(
fr )
Monument to Kwame Nkrumah dedicated.(
fr )
Sister city relationship established with
São Paulo , Brazil.
21st century
See also
References
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
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Scarecrow Press .
ISBN
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^
"Chambres de commerce aux colonies et pays de protectorat: Afrique occidental Francaise: Haut-Senegal et Niger" , 1er congres des Chambres de commerce francaises (in French), Bordeaux, 1907 {{
citation }}
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^
a
b
c "Mali: Directory".
Africa South of the Sahara 2004 . Regional Surveys of the World.
Europa Publications . 2004. p. 694+.
ISBN
1857431839 .
^ Hanotaux, Gabriel (1931). Histoire des colonies françaises et de l'expansion de la France dans le monde, Volume 4 . Plon. p. 328.
^
a
b
c "Mali".
Political Chronology of Africa . Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. pp. 274–283.
ISBN
0203409957 .
^
a
b
"France: Africa: French West Africa and the Sahara" .
Statesman's Year-Book . London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. pp. 895–903 – via
Internet Archive . Colony of French Sudan
^
"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Mali" . Norway:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 7 July 2017 .
^
a
b
c
d
e Josef Gugler; William G. Flanagan (1978). "Population of West African Capital Cities, 1920-76".
Urbanization and Social Change in West Africa . Cambridge University Press. p.
41 .
ISBN
978-0-521-29118-7 .
^ Lynne Warren, ed. (2006).
Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography . Routledge. p. 855.
ISBN
978-1-135-20536-2 .
^
a
b
"Western and Central Sudan, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events" . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . New York:
Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 14 July 2017 .
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants".
Demographic Yearbook 1965 . New York:
Statistical Office of the United Nations . 1966. pp. 140–161.
^
a
b Bernard Gardi, "Mali",
Oxford Art Online . Retrieved 7 July 2017.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants".
1995 Demographic Yearbook . New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
^ "Dédicaces à Ouezzin Coulibaly et à Abdoul Karim Camara", L'Essor (in French), Bamako, 1 June 1996
^
"Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2005 . United Nations Statistics Division.
^
Sweco ; Nordic Consulting Group (2003),
Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links (PDF) , Vol. 2: Description of Corridors,
African Development Bank and
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
^
"Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2015 . United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
^
"Assemblée nationale: feu vert pour la modification du code du travail et l'éclatement de l'université de Bamako" [National Assembly: green light for the modification of the labor code and the break-up of the University of Bamako], L'Essor (in French), 9 December 2011, archived from
the original on 17 July 2012
^
"EU's military mission in Mali attacked by gunmen" , Guardian , 21 March 2016
^
"Mali: Regions, Major Cities & Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information" . www.citypopulation.de . Retrieved 2023-09-27 .
This article incorporates information from the
French Wikipedia .
Bibliography
External links
Years in
Mali (1960–present)