Sincina

Sincina
Commune and village
Sincina Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°21′6″N 5°26′30″W / 12.35167°N 5.44167°WCoordinates: 12°21′6″N 5°26′30″W / 12.35167°N 5.44167°W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Koutiala Cercle
Area[1]
• Total	210 km^2 (80 sq mi)
Elevation	370 m (1,210 ft)
Population (2009)[2]
• Total	17,025
• Density	81/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Sincina is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 210 square kilometers and includes 7 settlements.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 17,025.^[2] The town of Sincina, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is only 5 km southeast of the center of Koutiala. As Koutiala expands the commune will become a suburb of the town.

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 RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original on 19 September 2012.
3. Communes de la Région de Sikasso (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original on 19 September 2012.

External links

• Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Sincina 2006-2008 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006.