Mahou, Mali

Mahou
Commune and village
Mahou Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°8′0″N 4°37′45″W / 12.13333°N 4.62917°WCoordinates: 12°8′0″N 4°37′45″W / 12.13333°N 4.62917°W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Yorosso Cercle
Area[1]
• Total	263 km^2 (102 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
• Total	16,212
• Density	62/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Mahou is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Yorosso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 263 square kilometers and includes 4 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 16,212.^[2] The village of Mahou, the administrative center (chef-lieu), is 30 km southeast of Yorosso on the border with 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 Mahou 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006.