Sorobasso

Commune and village in Sikasso Region, Mali

12°31′15″N 5°15′16″W / 12.52083°N 5.25444°W / 12.52083; -5.25444Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleKoutiala CercleArea

^[1]

• Total133 km² (51 sq mi)Elevation

299 m (981 ft)Population

(2009)^[2]

• Total4,884 • Density37/km² (95/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Sorobasso is a village and commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 133 square kilometers and includes 5 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 4,884.^[2] The village of Sorobasso, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 30 km northeast of Koutiala on the Route Nationale 13 that links Koutiala with San.

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 Sorobasso 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