Sofara

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Sofara
Town
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Sofara
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°1′3″N4°13′52″W / 14.01750°N 4.23111°W / 14.01750; -4.23111
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Mopti Region
Cercle Djenné Cercle
Commune Fakala
Elevation
271 m (889 ft)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Sofara (Fula : Kaka) is a small town and seat ( chef-lieu ) of the rural commune of Fakala in the Cercle of Djenné in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali. [1] [2]

The town lies on the right bank of the Bani River. A weekly market is held in the town on Tuesdays that serves the settlements in the region. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Communes de la Région de Mopti (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.
  2. ↑ Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Sofara". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  3. ↑ Quensière, Jacques, ed. (1994), La pêche dans le delta central du Niger: approche pluridisciplinaire d'un système de production halieutique (PDF) (in French), Paris: ORSTOM, Karthala, p. 539 Carte VI, ISBN   2709912023 .


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