Sincina

Commune and village in Sikasso Region, Mali

12°21′6″N 5°26′30″W / 12.35167°N 5.44167°W / 12.35167; -5.44167Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleKoutiala CercleArea

^[1]

• Total210 km² (80 sq mi)Elevation

370 m (1,210 ft)Population

(2009)^[2]

• Total17,025 • Density81/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Sincina is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 210 square kilometers and includes 7 settlements.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 17,025.^[2] The town of Sincina, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is only 5 km southeast of the center of Koutiala. As Koutiala expands the commune will become a suburb of the town.

References

^ 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)
^ ^a ^b Resultats RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2012.
^ Communes de la Région de Sikasso (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2013.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Sincina 2006-2008 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006.

Communes and towns of Sikasso Region

Capital: Sikasso

Bougouni Cercle