Benkadi, Sikasso

Commune in Sikasso Region, Mali

11°37′5″N 6°25′35″W / 11.61806°N 6.42639°W / 11.61806; -6.42639Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleSikasso CercleArea

^[1]

• Total175 km² (68 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total3,077 • Density18/km² (46/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Benkadi is a rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 175 square kilometers and includes 7 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 3,077.^[2] The main village (chef-lieu) of Koungoba is 89 km west-northwest of Sikasso.

References

^ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-12-14. 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 2011-07-22, retrieved 2012-09-08.
^ 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 Benkadi 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-30, retrieved 2012-09-08.

Communes and towns of Sikasso Region

Capital: Sikasso

Bougouni Cercle