Soufouroulaye

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Soufouroulaye
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Soufouroulaye
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°24′21″N4°4′58″W / 14.40583°N 4.08278°W / 14.40583; -4.08278 Coordinates: 14°24′21″N4°4′58″W / 14.40583°N 4.08278°W / 14.40583; -4.08278
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Mopti Region
Cercle Mopti Cercle
Commune Sio
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Soufouroulaye is a village and seat of the commune of Sio in the Cercle of Mopti in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali. [1]

The town of Soufouroulaye has both Christians and Muslims. Fulfulde is the main language spoken in Soufouroulaye. Local pronunciations of the villages name are Sofurla:y (Fulfulde) and Sófùrlá (Tomo kan). [2]

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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.
  2. ↑ Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Soufouroulaye". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.


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