N'Tjila

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N'Tjila
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N'Tjila
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 11°30′33″N6°30′22″W / 11.50917°N 6.50611°W / 11.50917; -6.50611 Coordinates: 11°30′33″N6°30′22″W / 11.50917°N 6.50611°W / 11.50917; -6.50611
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Sikasso Cercle
Commune Wateni
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

N'Tjila is a village and seat of the commune of Wateni in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. [1] It is 94 km west-northwest of Sikasso.

Wateni Commune in Sikasso Region, Mali

Wateni is a rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 211 square kilometers and includes ten villages. In the 2009 census it had a population of 6,701. The village of N'Tjila, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 94 km west-northwest of Sikasso.

Sikasso Cercle Cercle in Sikasso Region, Mali

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References

  1. ↑ 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 2012-09-19.
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