Nafanga

Nafanga
Commune
Nafanga
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°16′54″N 5°15′28″W / 12.28167°N 5.25778°W / 12.28167; -5.25778Coordinates: 12°16′54″N 5°15′28″W / 12.28167°N 5.25778°W / 12.28167; -5.25778
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Koutiala Cercle
Area[1]
 • Total 274 km2 (106 sq mi)
Population (2009)[2]
 • Total 9,273
 • Density 34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Nafanga is a rural commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 274 square kilometers and includes 6 villages.[3]

Village scene at Kani (Nafanga Commune), April 2014
Village scene at Nintabougoro (Nafanga Commune), April 2015
  • Dougouniona
  • Kani
  • Karangasso
  • Nintabougoro
  • Tianhirisso
  • Zéguésso

In the 2009 census it had a population of 9,273.[2] The village of Karangasso, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 26 km southeast of Koutiala.

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 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 .
  • Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Nafanga 2006-2008 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006 .
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