Dougabougou

Dougabougou
Commune and town
Dougabougou

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 13°49′7″N 6°7′8″W / 13.81861°N 6.11889°W / 13.81861; -6.11889Coordinates: 13°49′7″N 6°7′8″W / 13.81861°N 6.11889°W / 13.81861; -6.11889
Country  Mali
Region Ségou Region
Cercle Ségou Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 180 km2 (70 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
  Total 29,208
  Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Dougabougou is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 180 square kilometers and includes the town and 6 villages.[3] In the 2009 census the population was 29,208.[2] The town lies 20 km north of the Markala dam. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the production of sugar on land irrigated by the Office du Niger scheme. A Chinese-Malian company (Sukala SA) produces sugar in the town.[4]

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 Ségou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  3. Communes de la Région de Ségou (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.
  4. Doumbia, Sidiki, N-SUKALA-SA : Le 1er sac du sucre attendu en avril 2012 (in French), Les Echos, retrieved 17 Jul 2012.

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