Tagandougou

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Tagandougou
Commune
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Tagandougou
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 11°38′23″N8°14′39″W / 11.63972°N 8.24417°W / 11.63972; -8.24417 Coordinates: 11°38′23″N8°14′39″W / 11.63972°N 8.24417°W / 11.63972; -8.24417
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Yanfolila Cercle
Area
[1]
 • Total614 km2 (237 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census) [2]
 • Total5,775
 • Density9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Tagandougou is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 614 square kilometers and includes 7 villages. [3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 5,775. [2] The village of Binko, the administrative center ( chef-lieu ) of the commune, is 52 km north of Yanfolila on the western side of the Sélingué Dam.

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References

  1. ↑ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  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 2013-12-03.


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