Pelengana

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Pelengana
Commune and town
Pelengana
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 13°25′40″N 6°12′55″W / 13.42778°N 6.21528°W / 13.42778; -6.21528Coordinates: 13°25′40″N 6°12′55″W / 13.42778°N 6.21528°W / 13.42778; -6.21528
Country  Mali
Region Ségou Region
Cercle Ségou Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 359 km2 (139 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
  Total 56,259
  Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Pelengana (or Pélengana) is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune contains the town and 25 villages in an area of approximately 359 square kilometers.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 56,259.[2] The town of Pelengana lies 5 km southeast of Ségou on the Route Nationale 6.

References

  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. 2.0 2.1 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Ségou) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique .
  3. Communes de la Région de Ségou (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali .

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