Sinkolo
Commune and village
Sinkolo is located in Mali
Sinkolo
Sinkolo
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°5′15″N 5°33′0″W / 12.08750°N 5.55000°W / 12.08750; -5.55000
Country Mali
RegionSikasso Region
CercleKoutiala Cercle
Area
  Total296 km2 (114 sq mi)
Elevation
290 m (950 ft)
Population
 (2009)[2]
  Total11,470
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Sinkolo is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 296 square kilometers and includes 9 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 11,470.[2] The village of Sinkolo, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 35 km south-southwest of Koutiala.

References

  1. Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. 1 2 Resultats RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2012.
  3. Communes de la Région de Sikasso (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2013.


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