was building his kingdom, Manssa Douala was represented by Tieba Traoré and he inspected the young king's behavior and told everything to his father: a few days after, his father died and he became his successor. He give order to find a place where to include the water source inside the fortress, and it was built with a little marsh, and it was the largest fortified fortress ever made in west Africa. He named the new town as sikasso (the doubt town) Sika (doubt) So (town): because it was built of doubt of Samory, he spent 15 months surrounded the fortress of Sikasso, but he didn't access inside and it served for him to lost some parts of his Empire. Geography Located southeast of Bamako, north of Côte d'Ivoire, and west of Burkina Faso, Sikasso acts as a crossroads between the coastal countries (Togo, Bénin, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire) and the landlocked Mali and Burkina Faso. Sikasso's ethnic groups include the Senufo Bamana,(mainly the Supyire), the Bobo (or Bobo Fing, lit. 'black Bobo'), and the Minianka (Mamara Senufo). Sikasso has abundant agriculture. Sikasso's fruit and vegetable production guarantees the city's self-sufficiency, sparing it from reliance on international food aid. Climate Sikasso features a tropical wet and dry climate under the Köppen climate classification. The city receives just under of rain each year, most of which falls between May and October. August is the wettest month, with an average rainfall of . The highest temperatures are reached at the end of the dry season in March and April when the average daily maximum temperatures are just above . Places of worship Among the places of worship, they are predominantly Muslim mosques. There are also Christian churches and temples : Roman Catholic Diocese of Sikasso (Catholic Church), Église Chrétienne Évangélique du Mali (Alliance World Fellowship), Assemblies of God. See also List of cities in Mali References External links Portions of this article were translated from French language Wikipedia's Sikasso. . L'économie locale de Sikasso, Mali. Ecoloc - Gérer l'économie localement en Afrique - Evaluation et prospective, Volume 1, Number 2, Décembre 2002, pp. 1–18 (18). Regional capitals in Mali Communes of Sikasso Region