Please tell us which country and city you'd like to see the weather in.
Koutiala
Koutiala is a city in Mali in the administrative region of Sikasso, and is located 140 km north of the city of Sikasso. Koutiala serves as the capital of its administrative Cercle, home to 575,253 people in 2009. As of the 2009 Census, Koutiala has 137,919 residents.
History
Situated in Minianka country, Koutiala was founded in the 16th century by members of the Coulibaly family from the Bambara kingdom of Segou. It now contains an important hospital for women and children. Koutiala's sister city is Alençon, France.
Economy
Koutiala is the heartland of cotton production in Mali and is sometimes called "the white gold capital" for its cotton. However, the industry has been affected by stagnation since the 1980s. Aside from cotton it is also noted for grain production, primarily pearl millet, sorghum and maize. Koutiala is the second most industrial city in Mali, hosting, among others, the Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile (CMDT) and the Huilerie cotonnière du Mali (HUICOMA).
Podcasts:
-
by Brooke Fraser
Coachella
by: Brooke FraserBefore a neon night's lighting
I'm right beside you
The fire in motion
The fire in motion
The desert sun sinking
Sleepy and low
But we're just waking
We are waking
River time is a mountain tonight
Before tomorrow she flows on
Carving valleys in the skin on our faces
I am bright as the sun
You are high as a kite
We are daughters, sons
Brothers and sisters tonight
At Coachella, Coachella
Come on now, darling
Let's shake off these blues
I'll let my hair out
You'll slip off your shoes
I feel like a baby
Newborn in the spring
I'm setting down the sadness
And I won't remember it
When I'm bright as the sun
And you are high as a kite
And we are daughters, sons
Brothers and sisters tonight
At Coachella, Coachella
I'm a warm bleeding heart
You're a generous soul
And I love you though
I'd never met you before
To Coachella, Coachella
We are standing on the shore
In the smoke, in the starlight
On the edge of a human sea
And the tide is in
I am bright as the sun
You are high as a kite
We are daughters, sons
Brothers and sisters tonight
At Coachella, Coachella
I'm a warm bleeding heart
You're a generous soul
And I love you though
I'd never met you before
To Coachella, Coachella