Guiré is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of 6,892 square kilometers and extends to the Mauritanian border. It contains 25 villages[3] and had a population of 19,879 in the 2009 census.[2] The town of Guiré is 90 km southeast of Nara, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the cercle.
Guiré | |
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Commune and town | |
  Guiré Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 14°38′30″N 6°41′30″W / 14.64167°N 6.69167°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Koulikoro Region |
| Cercle | Nara Cercle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,892 km2 (2,661 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[2] | |
| • Total | 19,879 |
| • Density | 2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
References
edit- ^ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-12-14, retrieved 2012-08-31. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
- ^ a b Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2012-06-03.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Guiré 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-26, retrieved 2012-06-03.
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