Gouanan
Gouanan | |
|---|---|
  Gouanan Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 10°54′45″N 8°0′0″W / 10.91250°N 8.00000°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Sikasso Region |
| Cercle | Yanfolila Cercle |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,747 km2 (675 sq mi) |
| Population (2009 census)[2] | |
• Total | 24,704 |
| • Density | 14.14/km2 (36.62/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Gouanan is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 1747 square kilometers and includes 35 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 24,704.[2] The village of Yorobougoula, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 34 km southeast of Yanfolila.
Gouanan was a jamana of Wassoulou made up of 55 villages.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-01-06. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
- 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link). - ↑ 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.
- ↑ Defensive Strategies Wasulu, Masina, and the Slave Trade, by Martin A. Klein. In Fighting the Slave Trade: West African Strategies, edited by Sylviane A. Diouf, Ohio University Press 2003
External links
[edit]- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Gouanan 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-05, retrieved 2012-09-13.
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