Touna

Touna
Commune and town
Motto:  UTF-8 2
Touna Location in Mali
Coordinates: 13°7′N5°50′W / 13.117°N 5.833°W / 13.117; -5.833
Country	Mali
Region	Ségou Region
Cercle	Bla Cercle
Population  (1998)
• Total	20,238
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Touna is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Bla in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 20,238. ^[1]

History

Touna was one of the headquarters of the Bambara resistance to the Toucouleur Empire. Warlords Kegue Mari (1862-70) and Nyenemba (1870-78) were both based in the area. ^[2] Resistance continued after the fall of Segou to the French in 1890. In February 1891, Lieutenant Hourst had led a small column against Touna. ^[3]

References

1. "Previsions de desserte des communes pour la periode de 2001-2005" (PDF). Mali Reforme Telecom. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2004. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
2. Oloruntimehin, Benjamin Olatunji (1969). "Résistance Movements in the Tukulor Empire". Cahiers d'études africaines. 8 (29): 127-8. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
3. Colleyn, J. P. (2024). "The Work of American Historian Richard Roberts on French Sudan". Cahiers d’Études Africaines. 255 (3).