Kignan

Kignan
Commune and town
Kignan
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 11°51′4″N 6°0′55″W / 11.85111°N 6.01528°W / 11.85111; -6.01528Coordinates: 11°51′4″N 6°0′55″W / 11.85111°N 6.01528°W / 11.85111; -6.01528
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Sikasso Cercle
Area[1]
 • Total 646 km2 (249 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
 • Total 33,962
 • Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Kignan is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 646 square kilometers and includes the town and 14 villages.[3] As of the 2009 census it had a population of 33,962.[2] The town of Kignan is 77 km northwest of Sikasso on the R20 road that links Sikasso to Fana.

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 Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-19 .
  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 (PDF) on 2012-09-19 .
  • Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Kignan 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006 .


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