Niono

Niono lies on the western edge of the inland Niger delta, between the river valley and the drier plains to the north. The wider country was influenced in turn by the Bamana kingdoms of Ségou, Kaarta and Mena. Farming communities and pastoralists inhabited this part of the Sahel, where the seasons determine the availability of water and grazing. The Niger and its floodplains to the east connect the district with the river towns of Macina.