Kilidougou is a commune

Communes of Mali

A Commune is the third level administrative unit in Mali. Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district . These subdivisions bear the name of their principal city. The regions are divided into 49 Cercles...

 in the Cercle of Dioïla

Dioila Cercle

Dioïla Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Koulikoro Region of Mali. Its seat is the town of Dioïla. It lies at the southeast corner of the region, and prior to 1977, it was combined with what is now Kati Cercle and the District of Bamako in the "Bamako Cercle", with the capital city...

 in the Koulikoro Region

Koulikoro Region

Koulikoro is a region in Mali. It is the second administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 90,120 km². Its capital is the city of Koulikoro.- Geography :...

 of south-western Mali

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...

. The principal town lies at N'Tobougou

N'Tobougou

N'Tobougou is a small town and seat of the commune of Kilidougou in the Cercle of Dioila in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali....

. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 10,856.

History

The capital of the commune is the village of N'tobougou . The area called Kilidougou is said to derive from two large stones resembling eggs belonging to the blacksmiths of the past. The inhabitants of the area worshiped these stones as a fetish. It had long been a religious village, with animist inhabitants who worshiped the "Nama

Nama

Nama may mean:* Nama band, a Greek music group* Nama , a genus of plants in the family Hydrophyllaceae* Holy Name in Indian religions* Nama , a hero in ? folklore who built an ark to save his family from a flood...

". However towards the end of World War II

World War II

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 many converted to Islam

Islam

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The commune of Kilidougou was created by Act No. 96 on October 16, 1996. It is located east of the central district.