Moribabougou
| Moribabougou | |
|---|---|
| Commune and town | |
  Moribabougou Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 12°41′30″N 7°51′52″W / 12.69167°N 7.86444°WCoordinates: 12°41′30″N 7°51′52″W / 12.69167°N 7.86444°W | |
| Country |
 Mali |
| Region | Koulikoro Region |
| Cercle | Kati Cercle |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 79 km2 (31 sq mi) |
| Population (2009 census)[2] | |
| • Total | 28,574 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
Moribabougou is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. It lies on the eastern outskirts of the greater Bamako area. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 28,574.[2]
History
Moribabougou hosted two pre-service trainings for Peace Corps/Mali volunteers, one in 1981 and the second in 1983. Don Lawder's 1997 Fishing in the Sky: The Education of Namory Keita was in part an account of his experience in the latter.
References
- ↑ "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). (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, Mali) commune_mali.zip - 1 2 Resultats Recensement Général de la Population et de l’Habitat 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
External links
- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Moribabougou 2008-2012 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2008.
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