Gouandiaka

Gouandiaka
Commune
Kalana

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 10°47′10″N 8°11′30″W / 10.78611°N 8.19167°W / 10.78611; -8.19167Coordinates: 10°47′10″N 8°11′30″W / 10.78611°N 8.19167°W / 10.78611; -8.19167
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Yanfolila Cercle
Admin HQ (Chef-lieu) Kalana
Area[1]
 • Total 1,169 km2 (451 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
 • Total 26,287
 • Density 22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Gouandiaka is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 1,169 square kilometers and includes 29 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 26,287.[2] The village of Kalana, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 44 km south of Yanfolila.

References

  1. ↑ "Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali", United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/mali Missing or empty |title= (help). 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.
  3. ↑ Communes de la Région de Sikasso (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.

External links

Plan de Sécurite Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Gouandiaka 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006 .

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