Sinkolo

Sinkolo
Commune and village
Sinkolo

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 12°5′15″N 5°33′0″W / 12.08750°N 5.55000°W / 12.08750; -5.55000Coordinates: 12°5′15″N 5°33′0″W / 12.08750°N 5.55000°W / 12.08750; -5.55000
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Koutiala Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 296 km2 (114 sq mi)
Elevation 290 m (950 ft)
Population (2009)[2]
  Total 11,470
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Sinkolo is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 296 square kilometers and includes 9 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 11,470.[2] The village of Sinkolo, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 35 km south-southwest of Koutiala.

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 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.

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