Djallon-Foula

Djallon-Foula
Commune
Djallon-Foula

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 11°8′54″N 8°31′11″W / 11.14833°N 8.51972°W / 11.14833; -8.51972Coordinates: 11°8′54″N 8°31′11″W / 11.14833°N 8.51972°W / 11.14833; -8.51972
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Yanfolila Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 471 km2 (182 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
  Total 10,678
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Djallon-Foula is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 471 square kilometers and includes eight villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 10,678.[2] The village of Guélélinkoro, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 40 km west of Yanfolila and 4 km east of the Sankarani River that marks the border of Mali with Guinea.


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.

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