Ouélessébougou is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 1,118 square kilometers and includes the town of Ouélessébougou and 44 villages.[3] In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 50,056.[2] The town lies 80 km south of Bamako on the Route Nationale 7.
Ouélessébougou | |
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Commune and town | |
 Sign at town hall | |
  Ouélessébougou Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 12°0′0″N 7°54′40″W / 12.00000°N 7.91111°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Koulikoro Region |
| Cercle | Kati Cercle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Niankoro Yeah Samake |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,118 km2 (432 sq mi) |
| Population (2009 census)[2] | |
• Total | 50,056 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
See also
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edit- ^ "Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali", Data: Humanitarian Data Exchange | HumanitarianResponse, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-12-14, retrieved 2012-07-08. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
- ^ a b Resultats Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
- ^ Communes de la Région de Koulikoro (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ouélessébougou.
- Official website of Ouélessébougou
- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Ouélessébougou 2008-2012 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-13, retrieved 2012-07-08.
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