Dioro, Mali

Dioro
Commune and town
Dioro

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 13°41′9″N 5°50′3″W / 13.68583°N 5.83417°W / 13.68583; -5.83417Coordinates: 13°41′9″N 5°50′3″W / 13.68583°N 5.83417°W / 13.68583; -5.83417
Country  Mali
Region Ségou Region
Cercle Ségou Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 586 km2 (226 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
  Total 47,876
  Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Dioro is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune extends over an area of approximately 586 square kilometers on the right bank of the Niger River and includes the town and 29 of the surrounding villages.[3] In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 47,876.[2] The town of Dioro is located 57 km northeast of Ségou on the bank of the river.

References

  1. "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)
  2. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Ségou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  3. Communes de la Région de Ségou (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.

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