Douentza | |
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Urban Commune and town | |
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  Douentza Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 15°0′N 2°57′W / 15.000°N 2.950°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Mopti Region |
| Cercle | Douentza Cercle |
| Area | |
• Total | 154 km2 (59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Population (2009 census)[2] | |
• Total | 28,005 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
Douentza (Fulfulde: Duwayⁿsa[3]) is a town and urban commune in the Mopti Region of central Mali. The town lies 145 km east-northeast of Mopti on the RN16, a paved road that links Mopti and Gao. It is the administrative center of the Douentza Cercle.
The town's old quarter is mostly Fulfulde-speaking. Newer sections of the town near the highway are mostly Bambara-speaking.[3]
- ^ Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Urbaine de Douentza 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 2012-04-22.
- ^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27.
- ^ a b Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Douentza". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.