Les Échos newspaper begins publication. 1990s - Hippopotamus erected. 1991 22 March: Anti-government protest; crackdown. 26 March: 1991 Malian coup d'état occurs. 1992 19 January: held. King Fahd Bridge opens. 1994 Rencontres africaines de la photographie biennial exhibit begins. BCEAO Tower built. 1995 - Monument de l'Indépendance and Monument to the Martyrs dedicated.(fr) 1996 University of Bamako opens. Monument to Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly dedicated.(fr) 1998 established. Ibrahima N'Diaye becomes district mayor. Population: 1,016,167 in city. 2000 Fresques murales de Koulouba (monument) built.(fr) Monument to Kwame Nkrumah dedicated.(fr) Sister city relationship established with São Paulo, Brazil. 21st century 2001 Kita-Bamako road constructed. Stade du 26 Mars (stadium) opens. 2002 2002 African Cup of Nations football contest held in Bamako. Monument to Patrice Lumumba dedicated.(fr) 2003 - becomes district mayor. 2005 Budapest-Bamako car race begins. Geekcorps office established. 2007 - becomes district mayor. 2009 headquartered in city. Population: 1,810,366 urban agglomeration. 2011 , , , established. active. 2015 - 20 November: 2015 Bamako hotel attack occurs in Hippodrome. 2016 - 21 March: Attack on headquarters of the European Union military training mission in Bamako. See also Bamako history References This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia. Bibliography in English “Bamako,” New Encyclopedia of Africa 2nd Edition, editors John Middleton and Joseph Miller (Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008) in French External links (Bibliography of open access articles) (Images, etc.) (Images, etc.) (Bibliography) (Bibliography) (Bibliography) History of Bamako Bamako Years in Mali bamako Bamako