M'Pessoba

M'Pessoba
Commune and town
The old mosque in the town of M'Pessoba (May 2014).
M'Pessoba
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°39′50″N 5°43′0″W / 12.66389°N 5.71667°W / 12.66389; -5.71667
Country Mali
RegionSikasso Region
CercleKoutiala Cercle
Area
 • Total
490 km2 (190 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)[2]
 • Total
36,297
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

M'Pessoba is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 490 square kilometers and includes 19 settlements.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 36,297.[2] The town of M'Pessoba, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 40 km northwest of Koutiala.

References

  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 RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2012{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link).
  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 3 December 2013.