Dogoni

Dogoni
Commune and town
Dogoni

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 12°8′37″N 6°0′37″W / 12.14361°N 6.01028°W / 12.14361; -6.01028Coordinates: 12°8′37″N 6°0′37″W / 12.14361°N 6.01028°W / 12.14361; -6.01028
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Sikasso Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 361 km2 (139 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
  Total 15,186
  Density 42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Dogoni is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 361 square kilometers and includes the town and 12 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 15,186.[2] The town of Dogoni, the chef-lieu of the commune, is 100 km north-northwest of Sikasso.


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. 1 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.

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