Dougabougou
| Dougabougou | |
|---|---|
| Commune and town | |
  Dougabougou Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 13°49′7″N 6°7′8″W / 13.81861°N 6.11889°WCoordinates: 13°49′7″N 6°7′8″W / 13.81861°N 6.11889°W | |
| Country |
 Mali |
| Region | Ségou Region |
| Cercle | Ségou Cercle |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 180 km2 (70 sq mi) |
| Population (2009 census)[2] | |
| • Total | 29,208 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
Dougabougou is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 180 square kilometers and includes the town and 6 villages.[3] In the 2009 census the population was 29,208.[2] The town lies 20 km north of the Markala dam. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the production of sugar on land irrigated by the Office du Niger scheme. A Chinese-Malian company (Sukala SA) produces sugar in the town.[4]
References
- ↑ "Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali", United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/mali Missing or empty
|title=(help). commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali) - 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Ségou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
- ↑ Communes de la Région de Ségou (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.
- ↑ Doumbia, Sidiki, N-SUKALA-SA : Le 1er sac du sucre attendu en avril 2012 (in French), Les Echos, retrieved 17 Jul 2012.
External links
- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Dougabougou 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007.
- Situation des points d'eau modernes au Mali en 2003: Dougabougou (in French), Ministère des Mines, de l'Energie et de l'Eau, République du Mali, 2003.
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