Kokry

Kokry
Commune and village

Farmland in the river area
Kokry

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 13°57′38″N 5°30′55″W / 13.96056°N 5.51528°W / 13.96056; -5.51528Coordinates: 13°57′38″N 5°30′55″W / 13.96056°N 5.51528°W / 13.96056; -5.51528
Country  Mali
Region Ségou Region
Cercle Macina Cercle
Area[1]
 • Total 160 km2 (60 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
 • Total 13,393
 • Density 84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Kokry is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Macina in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 160 square kilometers and includes 17 villages.[3] The farmland is irrigated by the Office du Niger irrigation scheme. The main crop is rice. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 13,393.[2] The main village, (chef-lieu), is called Kokry Centre to distinguish it from Kokry Bozo which lies 3 km to the east on a strip of land between the Niger River and the Distributeur Kokry, an irrigation canal.

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.


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