Boura, Mali

Boura
Commune and village
Boura Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°24′50″N 4°32′39″W / 12.41389°N 4.54417°WCoordinates: 12°24′50″N 4°32′39″W / 12.41389°N 4.54417°W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Yorosso Cercle
Area[1]
• Total	887 km^2 (342 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
• Total	22,735
• Density	26/km^2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Boura is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Yorosso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 887 square kilometers and includes 15 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 22,735.^[2] The village of Boura, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 26 km east of Yorosso, just to the north of the road, the D14, that links Yorosso with Sanaba in Burkina Faso.

References

1. "Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali", United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/mali Missing or empty |title= (help). commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
2. Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
3. Communes de la Région de Sikasso (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.

External links

• Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Boura 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006.