Ouélessébougou

Ouélessébougou
Commune and town
Sign at town hall
Sign at town hall
Ouélessébougou is located in Mali
Ouélessébougou
Ouélessébougou
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°0′0″N 7°54′40″W / 12.00000°N 7.91111°W / 12.00000; -7.91111
Country Mali
RegionKoulikoro Region
CercleKati Cercle
Government
 • MayorNiankoro Yeah Samake
Area
 • Total1,118 km2 (432 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census)[2]
 • Total50,056
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Ouélessébougou is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 1,118 square kilometers and includes the town of Ouélessébougou and 44 villages.[3] In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 50,056.[2] The town lies 80 km south of Bamako on the Route Nationale 7.

Ouélessébougou market in 1892

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References

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  1. ^ "Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali", Data: Humanitarian Data Exchange | HumanitarianResponse, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-12-14, retrieved 2012-07-08. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. ^ a b Resultats Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  3. ^ Communes de la Région de Koulikoro (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.
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