Fourou

Commune and town in Sikasso Region, Mali

10°44′50″N 6°8′25″W / 10.74722°N 6.14028°W / 10.74722; -6.14028Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleKadiolo CercleArea

^[1]

• Total1,334 km² (515 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total40,826 • Density31/km² (79/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Fourou is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kadiolo in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali near the border with Ivory Coast. The commune covers an area of 1,334 square kilometers and includes the town and 22 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 40,826.^[2] The town of Fourou, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 47 km northwest of Kadiolo.

References

^ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-01-06. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
^ ^a ^b Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27.
^ Communes de la Région de Sikasso (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Fourou 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-20, retrieved 2012-09-12.

Communes and towns of Sikasso Region

Capital: Sikasso

Bougouni Cercle