Sinkolo

Commune and village in Sikasso Region, Mali

12°5′15″N 5°33′0″W / 12.08750°N 5.55000°W / 12.08750; -5.55000Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleKoutiala CercleArea

^[1]

• Total296 km² (114 sq mi)Elevation

290 m (950 ft)Population

(2009)^[2]

• Total11,470Time zoneUTC+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

^ 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)
^ ^a ^b Resultats RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2012.
^ Communes de la Région de Sikasso (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2013.

External links

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

Communes and towns of Sikasso Region

Capital: Sikasso

Bougouni Cercle