Sokourani-Missirikoro

Sokourani-Missirikoro
Commune and village
Sokourani Location in Mali
Coordinates: 11°14′0″N 5°45′10″W / 11.23333°N 5.75278°WCoordinates: 11°14′0″N 5°45′10″W / 11.23333°N 5.75278°W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Sikasso Cercle
Admin HQ (Chef-lieu)	Sokourani-Missirikoro
Area[1]
• Total	88 km^2 (34 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
• Total	4,478
• Density	51/km^2 (130/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Senufo
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Sokourani-Missirikoro is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 88 square kilometers and includes five villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 4,478.^[2] The village of Sokourani-Missirikoro, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 13 km southwest of Sikasso. The main language spoken in the commune is Senufo.^[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 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.
4. Plan de Sécurite Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Sokourani Missirikoro 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2005.