Sorobasso

Sorobasso
Commune and village
Sorobasso Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°31′15″N 5°15′16″W / 12.52083°N 5.25444°WCoordinates: 12°31′15″N 5°15′16″W / 12.52083°N 5.25444°W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Koutiala Cercle
Area[1]
• Total	133 km^2 (51 sq mi)
Elevation	299 m (981 ft)
Population (2009)[2]
• Total	4,884
• Density	37/km^2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Sorobasso is a village and commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 133 square kilometers and includes 5 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 4,884.^[2] The village of Sorobasso, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 30 km northeast of Koutiala on the Route Nationale 13 that links Koutiala with San.

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 Sorobasso 2006-2008 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006.