N'Tentou or Ténétou is a town and seat of the commune of Kouroulamini in the Cercle of Bougouni in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali.

[2] Historically one of the main towns of the Wassoulou region, N'Tentou was, until the late 19th century, surrounded by a large tata made of mud, stones and karité.

The outer wall was over 10 feet (3.0 m) high and several kilometres long, with three even larger interior enclosures.

Toure's forces ordered the population to move east, but they refused.

When the French arrived, they found around 3000 corpses filling the town, and set up their headquarters in Bougouni instead of N'Tentou to avoid the smell.