Koumbia, Mali

Koumbia
Commune and village
Koumbia Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°35′45″N 4°41′25″W / 12.59583°N 4.69028°WCoordinates: 12°35′45″N 4°41′25″W / 12.59583°N 4.69028°W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Yorosso Cercle
Area[1]
• Total	719 km^2 (278 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
• Total	24,915
• Density	35/km^2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Koumbia is a village and commune in the Cercle of Yorosso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 719 square kilometers and includes 11 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 24,915.^[2] The village of Koumbia, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 28 km north-northeast of Yorosso.

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 Koumbia 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006.