Koury, Mali

Koury
Commune and town
Koury
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°11′0″N 4°48′20″W / 12.18333°N 4.80556°W / 12.18333; -4.80556Coordinates: 12°11′0″N 4°48′20″W / 12.18333°N 4.80556°W / 12.18333; -4.80556
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Yorosso Cercle
Area[1]
 • Total 712 km2 (275 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
 • Total 54,435
 • Density 76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Koury is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Yorosso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 712 square kilometers and includes the town and 16 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 54,435.[2] The town, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 19 km south of Yorosso on the main road linking Koutiala in Mali with the town of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.

References

  1. ↑ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on January 6, 2012 . 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 September 19, 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 (PDF) on 2012-09-19 .
  • Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Koury 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006 .
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