Sinkolo

Sinkolo
Commune and village
Sinkolo
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°5′15″N 5°33′0″W / 12.08750°N 5.55000°W / 12.08750; -5.55000Coordinates: 12°5′15″N 5°33′0″W / 12.08750°N 5.55000°W / 12.08750; -5.55000
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Koutiala Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 296 km2 (114 sq mi)
Elevation 290 m (950 ft)
Population (2009)[2]
  Total 11,470
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Sinkolo is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 296 square kilometers and includes 9 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 11,470.[2] The village of Sinkolo, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 35 km south-southwest 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 Sinkolo 2006-2008 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006 .
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