Karangana

Commune and village in Sikasso Region, Mali

12°13′15″N 5°2′0″W / 12.22083°N 5.03333°W / 12.22083; -5.03333Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleYorosso CercleArea

^[1]

• Total398 km² (154 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total17,299 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Karangana is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Yorosso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 398 square kilometers and includes 9 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 17,299.^[2] The village of Karangana, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 32 km southwest of Yorosso.

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 Karangana 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-11, retrieved 2012-09-14.

Communes and towns of Sikasso Region

Capital: Sikasso

Bougouni Cercle