Sankarani

Commune in Sikasso Region, Mali

11°24′1″N 8°18′42″W / 11.40028°N 8.31167°W / 11.40028; -8.31167Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleYanfolila CercleArea

^[1]

• Total229 km² (88 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total7,876 • Density34/km² (89/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Sankarani is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 229 square kilometers and includes 8 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 7,876.^[2] The village of Bambala, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 30 km northwest of Yanfolila on the western shore of Lake Sélingué.

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 Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
^ 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 Sankarani 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-17.

Communes and towns of Sikasso Region

Capital: Sikasso

Bougouni Cercle