Nioro

Nioro du Sahel lies in the western Sahel, in the region associated with the Bambara kingdom of Kaarta. The town became an important trading centre between the upper Senegal and the Sudan, linking local communities with wider routes across West Africa.

According to the account of Nioro's history, King Bodian Moriba made the town Kaarta's capital during his reign from 1818 to 1832, replacing Yélimané. Its position joined political authority to commercial connections across a region of farming and pastoral communities.