Socoura

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Socoura
Commune and town
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Socoura
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°32′50″N4°5′22″W / 14.54722°N 4.08944°W / 14.54722; -4.08944 Coordinates: 14°32′50″N4°5′22″W / 14.54722°N 4.08944°W / 14.54722; -4.08944
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Mopti Region
Cercle Mopti Cercle
Population (2009 census) [1]
 • Total 42,553
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Socoura is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Mopti in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains 28 small villages and in 2009 had a population of 42,553. The commune entirely surrounds the urban commune of Mopti.

Communes of Mali

A Commune is the third level administrative unit in Mali. Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district (Bamako). These subdivisions bear the name of their principal city. The regions are divided into 49 Cercles. The Cercles and the district are divided into 703 Communes, with 36 Urban Communes and 667 Rural Communes, while some larger Cercles still contain Arrondissements above the Commune level, these are organisational areas with no independent power or office. Rural Communes are subdivided in Villages, while Urban Communes are subdivided into Quartier. Communes usually bear the name of their principal town. The capital, Bamako, consists of six Urban Communes. There were initially 701 communes until the Law No. 01-043 of 7 June 2001 created two new Rural Communes in the desert region in the north east of the country: Alata, Ménaka Cercle in the Gao Region and Intadjedite, Tin-Essako Cercle in the Kidal Region.

Mopti Cercle Cercle in Mopti Region, Mali

Mopti Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Mopti Region of Mali. The administrative center (chef-lieu) is the town of Mopti.

Mopti Region Region in Mali

Mopti is the fifth administrative region of Mali, covering 79,017 km2. Its capital is the city of Mopti. During the 2012 Northern Mali conflict, the frontier between Southern Mali which is controlled by the central government and the rebel-held North ran through Mopti Region.

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References

  1. ↑ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.



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