Sokourani-Missirikoro

Sokourani-Missirikoro
Commune and village
Sokourani is located in Mali
Sokourani
Sokourani
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 11°14′0″N 5°45′10″W / 11.23333°N 5.75278°W / 11.23333; -5.75278
Country Mali
RegionSikasso Region
CercleSikasso Cercle
Admin HQ (Chef-lieu)Sokourani-Missirikoro
Area
 • Total
88 km2 (34 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census)[2]
 • Total
4,478
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Senufo
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Sokourani-Missirikoro is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 88 square kilometers and includes five villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 4,478.[2] The village of Sokourani-Missirikoro, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 13 km southwest of Sikasso. The main language spoken in the commune is Senufo.[4]

  1. ^ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 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.
  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.
  4. ^ Plan de Sécurite Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Sokourani Missirikoro 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2005, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-06.