Dougabougou

Dougabougou
Commune and town
Dougabougou
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 13°49′7″N 6°7′8″W / 13.81861°N 6.11889°W / 13.81861; -6.11889Coordinates: 13°49′7″N 6°7′8″W / 13.81861°N 6.11889°W / 13.81861; -6.11889
Country  Mali
Region Ségou Region
Cercle Ségou Cercle
Area[1]
 • Total 180 km2 (70 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
 • Total 29,208
 • Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Dougabougou is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 180 square kilometers and includes the town and 6 villages.[3] In the 2009 census the population was 29,208.[2] The town lies 20 km north of the Markala dam. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the production of sugar on land irrigated by the Office du Niger scheme. A Chinese-Malian company (Sukala SA) produces sugar in the town.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-01-06 . commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Ségou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22 .
  3. ↑ Communes de la Région de Ségou (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-19 .
  4. ↑ Doumbia, Sidiki, N-SUKALA-SA : Le 1er sac du sucre attendu en avril 2012 (in French), Les Echos, retrieved 17 Jul 2012 .
  • Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Dougabougou 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007 .
  • Situation des points d'eau modernes au Mali en 2003: Dougabougou (in French), Ministère des Mines, de l'Energie et de l'Eau, République du Mali, 2003 .
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