Boura, Mali

Commune and village in Sikasso Region, Mali

12°24′50″N 4°32′39″W / 12.41389°N 4.54417°W / 12.41389; -4.54417Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleYorosso CercleArea

^[1]

• Total887 km² (342 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total22,735 • Density26/km² (66/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Boura is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Yorosso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 887 square kilometers and includes 15 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 22,735.^[2] The village of Boura, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 26 km east of Yorosso, just to the north of the road, the D14, that links Yorosso with Sanaba in Burkina Faso.

References

^ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-12-14. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
^ ^a ^b Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2012-09-14.
^ 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 (PDF) on 2013-12-03.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Boura 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-19.

Communes and towns of Sikasso Region

Capital: Sikasso

Bougouni Cercle