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	Baroueli was founded as a trading center by the [[Marka people]] in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Roberts \|first1=Richard \|title=Long distance trade and production: Sinsani in the nineteenth century \|journal=Journal of African History \|date=1980 \|volume=21 \|issue=2 \|page=171 \|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history/article/long-distance-trade-and-production-sinsani-in-the-nineteenth-century/2D22F97B892AEF3A83C687D068DD56E7\|doi=10.1017/S0021853700018156 \|access-date=25 October 2023\|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ~~Once located~~ in the ~~center~~ of the [[~~Bambara Empire~~]], the ~~area's population today is overwhelmingly~~ [[~~Bambara people\|Bambara~~]].		Baroueli was founded as a trading center by the [[Marka people]] in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Roberts \|first1=Richard \|title=Long distance trade and production: Sinsani in the nineteenth century \|journal=Journal of African History \|date=1980 \|volume=21 \|issue=2 \|page=171 \|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history/article/long-distance-trade-and-production-sinsani-in-the-nineteenth-century/2D22F97B892AEF3A83C687D068DD56E7\|doi=10.1017/S0021853700018156 \|access-date=25 October 2023\|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It was the site of the largest [[Hausa people\|Hausa]] [[Zongo settlements\|zongo]] in the region, due to its location at the intersection of a riverine trade route linking [[Bamako]] and [[Timbuktu]] on one hand with the overland route from [[Segou]] to [[Nioro]] and the [[Senegal river]] valley on the other.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Adamu \|first1=Mahdi \|title=The Hausa Factor in West African History \|date=1978 \|publisher=Ahmadu Bello University Press \|location=Zaria \|page=149}}</ref>

	The town's [[football (soccer)\|football]] club [[AS Bakaridjan de Barouéli]], plays in the top level [[Malien Premiere Division]].		Once located in the center of the [[Bambara Empire]], the area's population today is overwhelmingly [[Bambara people\|Bambara]]. The town's [[football (soccer)\|football]] club [[AS Bakaridjan de Barouéli]], plays in the top level [[Malien Premiere Division]].

	==Environmental resources==		==Environmental resources==

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''' Barouéli''' is a town and [[Communes of Mali|commune]] and seat of the [[Barouéli Cercle|Cercle of Barouéli]] in the [[Ségou Region]] of southern-central [[Mali]]. In 1998 the commune had a population of 32,739.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mali-reforme-telecom.mctmtl.com/previsions.pdf |title=Previsions de desserte des communes pour la periode de 2001-2005 |publisher=Mali Reforme Telecom |access-date=February 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829024117/http://mali-reforme-telecom.mctmtl.com/previsions.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2004 }}</ref>

==Administration==
Barouéli is directly south of Ségou Cercle, and directly north of [[Koulikoro]] Cercle.

The [[Communes of Mali|Commune]] of Barouéli is composed of the town of Barouéli and forty surrounding villages, with an estimated population of 47000 in 2001 (15000 in Barouéli proper).

The [[Cercles of Mali|Cercle]] of Barouéli contains the Communes of Barouéli, Boidié, Dougoufié, Guendo, Kalaké, Konobougou, N’Gassola, Sanando, Somo, Tamani and Tesserla.

==History==
Baroueli was founded as a trading center by the [[Marka people]] in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Richard |title=Long distance trade and production: Sinsani in the nineteenth century |journal=Journal of African History |date=1980 |volume=21 |issue=2 |page=171 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history/article/long-distance-trade-and-production-sinsani-in-the-nineteenth-century/2D22F97B892AEF3A83C687D068DD56E7|doi=10.1017/S0021853700018156 |access-date=25 October 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Once located in the center of the [[Bambara Empire]], the area's population today is overwhelmingly [[Bambara people|Bambara]].

The town's [[football (soccer)|football]] club [[AS Bakaridjan de Barouéli]], plays in the top level [[Malien Premiere Division]].

==Environmental resources==
It contains the forests of Barouéli, Tamani, and Boidié, which have come under pressure from [[overexploitation]].

==Sister city==
[[Vannes]], France

==References==
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*Portions of this article were translated from the French language Wikipedia article [[:fr:Barouéli|Barouéli]].

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080620103155/http://gis.cancer.gov/new/mali.html Malaria transmission studies in the rural towns of Kemena and Sougoula, Barouéli]. [[University of Mali]], Bamako and the United States Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at the [[National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease]] (NIAID),

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