Karangana

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Karangana
Commune and village
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Karangana
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°13′15″N5°2′0″W / 12.22083°N 5.03333°W / 12.22083; -5.03333 Coordinates: 12°13′15″N5°2′0″W / 12.22083°N 5.03333°W / 12.22083; -5.03333
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Yorosso Cercle
Area
[1]
 • Total398 km2 (154 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census) [2]
 • Total17,299
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Karangana is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Yorosso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 398 square kilometers and includes 9 villages. [3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 17,299. [2] The village of Karangana, the administrative center ( chef-lieu ) of the commune, is 32 km southwest of Yorosso.

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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 2012-01-06. 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 2012-07-27.
  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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