Kofan, Mali

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Kofan
Commune
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Kofan
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 11°31′0″N6°8′12″W / 11.51667°N 6.13667°W / 11.51667; -6.13667 Coordinates: 11°31′0″N6°8′12″W / 11.51667°N 6.13667°W / 11.51667; -6.13667
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Sikasso Cercle
Area
[1]
 • Total283 km2 (109 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 censu) [2]
 • Total10,236
 • Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Kofan is a rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 283 square kilometers and includes a small town and 7 villages. [3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 10,236. [2] The administrative center of the commune, the chef-lieu , is the small town of Kafana. The town is 68 km northwest of Sikasso.

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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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