Sévaré

Sévaré (or Sevare) is a town in the Mopti Region of Mali. It is a crossroads town of about 40,000 situated about 10 km. southeast of Mopti and 10 km. south of Fatoma, the old capital of Kunaari. From Sévaré one can access Bandiagara to the east, Gao and Timbuktu to the north, and Segou and Bamako to the southwest, and Burkina Faso to the south.

Mopti Airport is near Sevare.

Said to have been originally founded by a Fula hunter, Se Waware, its importance began to grow with the construction of roads and the dike to Mopti under French colonial rule.

References

* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9var%C3%A9 Reference was made to the article on Sévaré in the French Wikipedia]