Kolongo

Commune and village in Ségou Region, Mali

13°52′50″N 5°41′10″W / 13.88056°N 5.68611°W / 13.88056; -5.68611Country

MaliRegionSégou RegionCercleMacina CercleArea

^[1]

• Total484 km² (187 sq mi)Elevation

277 m (909 ft)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total37,648 • Density78/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Kolongo or Kolongo Tomo is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Macina in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 484 square kilometers and includes 37 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 37,648.^[2] The village lies on the Fala de Boky-Wéré, an ancient branch of the Niger River that now forms part of the irrigation system of the Office du Niger.

References

^ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on January 6, 2012. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
^ ^a ^b Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Ségou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2012-08-29.
^ Communes de la Région de Ségou (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Kolongo 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-11, retrieved 2012-08-29.

Communes and towns of Ségou Region, Mali

Capital: Ségou

Bla Cercle