Sitakili
Encyclopedia
Sitakili is a town in Mali
's Kayes Region
, in the Cercle of Kéniéba
. It is the capital city of its commune.
On 12 November 2005, a new gold
mine opened in the commune of Sitakili in the village of Loulo. The mine's production is projected to be 7,000 tons per year, making it one of the largest on the Africa
n continent.
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
's Kayes Region
Kayes Region
Kayes Region is one of eight first level national subdivisions, called Regions in Mali. It is the first administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 120,760 km²...
, in the Cercle of Kéniéba
Kenieba Cercle
Kéniéba Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Kayes Region of Mali. Its capital is the town of Kéniéba. The Cercle is further divided into Communes.Kéniéba Cercle includes the following communes:*Baye*Dabia*Dialafara*Dombia*Faléa*Faraba...
. It is the capital city of its commune.
On 12 November 2005, a new gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
mine opened in the commune of Sitakili in the village of Loulo. The mine's production is projected to be 7,000 tons per year, making it one of the largest on the Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n continent.