Guiré
Commune and town
Guiré is located in Mali
Guiré
Guiré
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°38′30″N 6°41′30″W / 14.64167°N 6.69167°W / 14.64167; -6.69167
Country Mali
RegionKoulikoro Region
CercleNara Cercle
Area
  Total6,892 km2 (2,661 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)[2]
  Total19,879
  Density2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Guiré is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of 6,892 square kilometers and extends to the Mauritanian border. It contains 25 villages[3] and had a population of 19,879 in the 2009 census.[2] The town of Guiré is 90 km southeast of Nara, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the cercle.

References

  1. Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-12-14, retrieved 2012-08-31. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  3. 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.


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