Bankass

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Bankass
Commune and town
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Bankass
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°04′N3°31′W / 14.067°N 3.517°W / 14.067; -3.517 Coordinates: 14°04′N3°31′W / 14.067°N 3.517°W / 14.067; -3.517
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Mopti Region
Cercle Bankass Cercle
Area
[1]
 • Total362 km2 (140 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census) [2]
 • Total30,159
 • Density83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Bankass (Báŋkà:s) is a town and rural commune located in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune has an area of approximately 362 square kilometers and includes the town and 25 of the surrounding villages. [3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 30,159. [2] The town is the seat of the Bankass Cercle, one of eight subdivisions ( cercles ) of the Mopti Region.

There is a Tuesday weekly market in the town. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "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. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27.
  3. ↑ Communes de la Région de Mopti (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.
  4. ↑ Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Bankass". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.


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