Kignan

Kignan
Commune and town
Kignan

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 11°51′4″N 6°0′55″W / 11.85111°N 6.01528°W / 11.85111; -6.01528Coordinates: 11°51′4″N 6°0′55″W / 11.85111°N 6.01528°W / 11.85111; -6.01528
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Sikasso Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 646 km2 (249 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
  Total 33,962
  Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Kignan 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 646 square kilometers and includes the town and 14 villages.[3] As of the 2009 census it had a population of 33,962.[2] The town of Kignan is 77 km northwest of Sikasso on the R20 road that links Sikasso to Fana.

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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