Madiama

Madiama
—  Commune and village  —
Madiama
Location in Mali
Coordinates:
Country  Mali
Region Mopti Region
Cercle Djenné Cercle
Population (2009 Census)[1]
 • Total 12,406
 • Ethnicities[2] Marka, Fulani, Bambara
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Madiama is a rural commune and village in the Cercle of Djenné in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains ten villages.

The commune lies to the west of the main RN6 highway linking Bamako with Gao and is crossed by the spur road linking the highway with the Djenné ferry across the Bani River. The commune is bounded on its west side by the urban commune of Djenné and the commune of Dandougou Fakala.[3]

References

  1. ^ (in French) Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/mopti.pdf .
  2. ^ (in French) Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Madima 2006-2010, Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, http://www.csa-mali.org/plans/mopti/plansa_djenne/P_S_A_Madiama.pdf .
  3. ^ (in French) Plan du Développement Educatif Réactualisé du Cercle de Djenné, Académie d’Enseignement de Mopti, Ministère de l’Education National, République du Mali. Coopération Mali/UNICEF, 2004, http://www.malikunnafoni.com/bibliostat/docs/069213111_ae_2004.pdf . The report includes low resolution maps obtained from screen-dumps which show the boundaries of communes within the Djenné Cercle.