M'Pessoba

M'Pessoba
Commune and town
The old mosque in the town of M'Pessoba (May 2014).
M'Pessoba Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°39′50″N5°43′0″W / 12.66389°N 5.71667°W / 12.66389; -5.71667
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Koutiala Cercle
Area [1]
• Total	490 km2 (190 sq mi)
Population  (2009) [2]
• Total	36,297
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

M'Pessoba is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 490 square kilometers and includes 19 settlements. ^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 36,297. ^[2] The town of M'Pessoba, the administrative centre ( chef-lieu ) of the commune, is 40 km northwest of Koutiala. M'Pessoba is the nearest town with services such as banking and pharmacy for a number of villages along fr:Route nationale 6 (Mali) including Songuela, pt:Quintieri, pt:Faracala, pt:Zangorola and pt:Zandiela.

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. Resultats RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2012.
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 3 December 2013.

External links

• Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de M'Pessoba 2006-2008 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05, retrieved 2013-11-24.