Kofan, Mali

Kofan
Kofan is located in Mali
Kofan
Kofan
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 11°31′0″N 6°8′12″W / 11.51667°N 6.13667°W / 11.51667; -6.13667
Country Mali
RegionSikasso Region
CercleSikasso Cercle
Area
 • Total283 km2 (109 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 censu)[2]
 • Total10,236
 • Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Kofan is a rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 283 square kilometers and includes a small town and 7 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 10,236.[2] The administrative center of the commune, the chef-lieu, is the small town of Kafana. The town is 68 km northwest of Sikasso.

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.