Boura, Mali

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Boura
Commune and village
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Boura
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°24′50″N4°32′39″W / 12.41389°N 4.54417°W / 12.41389; -4.54417
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Yorosso Cercle
Area
[1]
 • Total887 km2 (342 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census) [2]
 • Total22,735
 • Density26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Boura is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Yorosso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 887 square kilometers and includes 15 villages. [3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 22,735. [2] The village of Boura, the administrative center ( chef-lieu ) of the commune, is 26 km east of Yorosso, just to the north of the road, the D14, that links Yorosso with Sanaba in Burkina Faso.

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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. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2012-09-14.
  3. ↑ 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.


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