Diou, Mali

Commune and village in Sikasso Region, Mali

10°35′23″N 5°58′20″W / 10.58972°N 5.97222°W / 10.58972; -5.97222Country

MaliRegionSikasso RegionCercleKadiolo CercleArea

^[1]

• Total137 km² (53 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total6,003 • Density44/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Diou is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Kadiolo in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 137 square kilometers and includes 3 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 6,003.^[2] The village of Diou, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 24 km west of Kadiolo.

References

^ 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)
^ ^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.
^ 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.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune de Diou 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 2012-09-12.

Communes and towns of Sikasso Region

Capital: Sikasso

Bougouni Cercle