Siribala

Siribala
Commune and town
Siribala Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°2′31″N 6°3′42″W / 14.04194°N 6.06167°WCoordinates: 14°2′31″N 6°3′42″W / 14.04194°N 6.06167°W
Country	Mali
Region	Ségou Region
Cercle	Niono Cercle
Area[1]
• Total	445 km^2 (172 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
• Total	37,065
• Density	83/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Siribala is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Niona in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune has an area of approximately 445 square kilometers and includes the town and 18 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 37,065.^[2] The town lies 25 km south of Niono on the east side of the Fala de Molodo channel that forms part of the Office du Niger irrigation scheme. The present town, actually Siribala Coura (New Siribala), was established in the 1970s to accommodate agricultural workers employed on the sugar-cane plantation and the associated mill. The earlier settlement, Siribala Coro (Old Siribala), is 5 km away from the present town.^[4]

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 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.
4. Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Siribala 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007