Kolongo

Kolongo
Commune and village
Kolongo

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 13°52′50″N 5°41′10″W / 13.88056°N 5.68611°W / 13.88056; -5.68611Coordinates: 13°52′50″N 5°41′10″W / 13.88056°N 5.68611°W / 13.88056; -5.68611
Country  Mali
Region Ségou Region
Cercle Macina Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 484 km2 (187 sq mi)
Elevation 277 m (909 ft)
Population (2009 census)[2]
  Total 37,648
  Density 78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Kolongo or Kolongo Tomo is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Macina in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 484 square kilometers and includes 37 villages.[3] In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 37,648.[2] The village lies on the Fala de Boky-Wéré, an ancient branch of the Niger River that now forms part of the irrigation system of the Office du Niger.

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 Ségou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  3. Communes de la Région de Ségou (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.

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