Gouandiaka

Commune in Sikasso Region, Mali

10°47′10″N 8°11′30″W / 10.78611°N 8.19167°W / 10.78611; -8.19167Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleYanfolila CercleAdmin HQ (Chef-lieu)KalanaArea

^[1]

• Total1,169 km² (451 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total26,287 • Density22/km² (58/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Gouandiaka is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 1,169 square kilometers and includes 29 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 26,287.^[2] The village of Kalana, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 44 km south of Yanfolila.

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 Sécurite Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Gouandiaka 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-06, retrieved 2011-02-08.

Communes and towns of Sikasso Region

Capital: Sikasso

Bougouni Cercle