Farakala

Commune and village in Sikasso Region, Mali

11°21′30″N 6°0′20″W / 11.35833°N 6.00556°W / 11.35833; -6.00556Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleSikasso CercleArea

^[1]

• Total280 km² (110 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total7,960 • Density28/km² (74/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Farakala is a village and commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 280 square kilometers (110 sq mi) and includes 11 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 7,960.^[2] The village of Farakala lies 40 km (25 mi) west of Sikasso on the RN7 highway linking Sikasso and Bougouni.

References

^ 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)
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Farakala 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-26, retrieved 2012-09-08.

Communes and towns of Sikasso Region

Capital: Sikasso

Bougouni Cercle