Inékar

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Inékar
Cercle and village
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Inékar
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 15°56′57″N3°9′33″E / 15.94917°N 3.15917°E / 15.94917; 3.15917
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Ménaka
Control Islamic State flag.svg Islamic State in the Greater Sahara [1]
Area
[2]
  Total27,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census) [3]
  Total8,714
  Density0.32/km2 (0.84/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Inékar is a village and cercle of Ménaka Region in southeastern Mali. [4] It has an area of approximately 27,000 square kilometers and in 2009 had a population of 8,714. [3] It was previously a commune in Ménaka Cercle but was promoted to the status of a cercle when Ménaka Region was implemented in 2016. [5]

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References

  1. https://ict.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Doukhan_ISIS-is-expanding-influence-in-Mali.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on January 6, 2012. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, Mali)
  3. 1 2 Resultats Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2009 (Région de Gao) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22
  4. "Première caravane de la paix dans la nouvelle région de Ménaka : la MINUSMA s'associe aux autorités régionales pour sa réussite" (in French). MINUSMA. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. "GPS coordinates of Inékar, Mali, DMS, UTM, GeoHash - CountryCoordinate.com". www.countrycoordinate.com. Retrieved 2023-01-04.