Guiré

Guiré
Commune and town
Guiré
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°38′30″N 6°41′30″W / 14.64167°N 6.69167°W / 14.64167; -6.69167Coordinates: 14°38′30″N 6°41′30″W / 14.64167°N 6.69167°W / 14.64167; -6.69167
Country  Mali
Region Koulikoro Region
Cercle Nara Cercle
Area[1]
 • Total 6,892 km2 (2,661 sq mi)
Population (2009)[2]
 • Total 19,879
 • Density 2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Guiré is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of 6,892 square kilometers and extends to the Mauritanian border. It contains 25 villages[3] and had a population of 19,879 in the 2009 census.[2] The town of Guiré is 90 km southeast of Nara, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the cercle.

References

  1. ↑ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs . commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique .
  3. ↑ Communes de la Région de Koulikoro (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09 .
  • Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Guiré 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007 .


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