Togou
Sign in to saveTogou is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune contains 10 villages in an area of approximate 147 square kilometers. In the 2009 census it had a population of 8,987. The village of Togou, the chef-lieu of the commune, is 35 km northeast of Ségou.
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Togou is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune contains 10 villages in an area of approximate 147 square kilometers. In the 2009 census it had a population of 8,987. The village of Togou, the chef-lieu of the commune, is 35 km northeast of Ségou.
==History== The modern town of Togou sits close by several archaeological sites, which show that the area was an important node in a large-scale trade network reaching from Sierra Leone to the Sahara beginning in the 9th century AD. During the Segou Empire it was a major markadugu, a Maraka trade town where salt, dried fish, and sunbala were shipped as far south as Abidjan in exchange for kola nuts.
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