Mahou, Mali

Mahou
Commune and village
Mahou

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 12°8′0″N 4°37′45″W / 12.13333°N 4.62917°W / 12.13333; -4.62917Coordinates: 12°8′0″N 4°37′45″W / 12.13333°N 4.62917°W / 12.13333; -4.62917
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Yorosso Cercle
Area[1]
 • Total 263 km2 (102 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
 • Total 16,212
 • Density 62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Mahou is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Yorosso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 263 square kilometers and includes 4 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 16,212.[2] The village of Mahou, the administrative center (chef-lieu), is 30 km southeast of Yorosso on the border with Burkina Faso.

References

  1. ↑ "Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali", United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/mali Missing or empty |title= (help). commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  3. ↑ Communes de la Région de Sikasso (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.


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