Gongasso

Gongasso
Commune and village
Gongasso

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 11°31′50″N 5°47′47″W / 11.53056°N 5.79639°W / 11.53056; -5.79639Coordinates: 11°31′50″N 5°47′47″W / 11.53056°N 5.79639°W / 11.53056; -5.79639
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Sikasso Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 378 km2 (146 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
  Total 8,465
  Density 22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Gongasso is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 378 square kilometers and includes ten villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 8465.[2] The village of Gongasso lies 29 km northwest of Sikasso on the main road, the RN11, linking Sikasso and Koutiala.

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 Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  3. Communes de la Région de Sikasso (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.

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