Guéniébé

Guéniébé
Commune and village
Guéniébé

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 15°16′55″N 7°5′10″W / 15.28194°N 7.08611°W / 15.28194; -7.08611Coordinates: 15°16′55″N 7°5′10″W / 15.28194°N 7.08611°W / 15.28194; -7.08611
Country  Mali
Region Koulikoro Region
Cercle Nara Cercle
Area
 • Total 2,925 km2 (1,129 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[1]
 • Total 7,668
 • Density 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Guéniébé is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The village is 25 km northeast of Nara, the administrative centre of the cercle.

The commune has an area of 2,925 km2 and contains 18 villages.[2] In the 2009 census it had a population of 7,668.[1] It is bordered to the north by the frontier with the Republic of Mauritania, to the southeast by the commune of Guiré and to the west by the commune of Nara.

The commune has a sahelian climate with an annual rainfall of around 400 mm.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  2. ↑ Communes de la Région de Koulikoro (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.
  3. ↑ L'Hôte, Yann; Mahé, Gil (1995), West and Central Africa Mean Annual Rainfall (1951-1989), ORSTOM, Département Continentales.

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