Kita, Mali
Kita | |
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Commune and town | |
  Kita Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 13°2′20″N 9°29′15″W / 13.03889°N 9.48750°WCoordinates: 13°2′20″N 9°29′15″W / 13.03889°N 9.48750°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Kayes Region |
| Cercle | Kita Cercle |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Population (2009 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 48,957 |
Kita is a town and urban commune in western Mali. The town is the capital of the Kita Cercle in the Kayes Region. It lies on the eastern slope of Mount Kita (Bambara: "Kita-kulu"), known for its caves and rock paintings. Today, the town is known for its music, its annual Roman Catholic pilgrimage and its role as a processing center for the surrounding cotton- and peanut-growing region. Kita lies on the Dakar-Niger Railway and is the largest transit hub between Bamako (112 miles) and Kayes (205 miles). In the 2009 census the urban commune had a population of 48,947.[1]
In November 1955, Kita became a commune of average exercise. On March 2, 1966, Kita became a commune of full exercise. The town grew in the 1990s around the cotton industry, but this has since declined.
A fictionalized version of Kita features as the setting for Malian author Massa Makan Diabaté's "Kouta Trilogy" (Le lieutenant de Kouta, Le coiffeur de Kouta, and Le boucher de Kouta).[2]
Climate[]
| hideClimate data for Kita climate station (334m elevation) 1991–2020 averages | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 33.6 (92.5) |
36.0 (96.8) |
39.1 (102.4) |
40.6 (105.1) |
39.3 (102.7) |
35.8 (96.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
34.6 (94.3) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
35.2 (95.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.6 (0.02) |
6.2 (0.24) |
7.6 (0.30) |
9.8 (0.39) |
39.6 (1.56) |
121.9 (4.80) |
200.5 (7.89) |
254.5 (10.02) |
195.2 (7.69) |
60.1 (2.37) |
2.1 (0.08) |
0.4 (0.02) |
930.0 (36.61) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.29 | 1.17 | 4.43 | 9.23 | 13.19 | 15.55 | 13.59 | 5.73 | 0.37 | 0.15 | 64.24 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 249.7 | 250.6 | 290.4 | 269.5 | 262.3 | 243.4 | 202.9 | 191.0 | 217.0 | 268.2 | 254.3 | 254.4 | 2,931.7 |
| Source: Meteo Climat[3] | |||||||||||||
Notable residents[]
- Sekou Koita, International Soccer player
- Bako Dagnon, female griot
- Cheick Hamala Diabate, griot and Afropop musician
- Mamadou Diabate, master kora player
- Massa Makan Diabaté, historian, author, and playwright
- Kandia Kouyaté, musician
- Djelimady Tounkara, musician and one of the foremost guitarists in Africa
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Kayes) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-19.
- ^ Drame, Kandioura. "Diabaté, Massa Makan." The Encyclopedia of African Literatures. Ed. Simon Gikandi. p. 195.
- ^ "Climate Normals 1991–2020". Meteo Climat. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
External links[]
- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Urbaine de Kita 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-17, retrieved 2012-05-12.
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- Communes of Kayes Region