Sokolo

Sokolo
Commune and town
Sokolo Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°44′20″N 6°7′16″W / 14.73889°N 6.12111°WCoordinates: 14°44′20″N 6°7′16″W / 14.73889°N 6.12111°W
Country	Mali
Region	Ségou Region
Cercle	Niono Cercle
Area[1]
• Total	2,219 km^2 (857 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
• Total	23,338
• Density	11/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Sokolo is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Niona in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune has an area of approximately 2,219 square kilometers and includes the town and 17 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census the population was 23,338.^[2] The town lies 56 km north or Niono.

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.

External links

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