Baya, Mali

Baya
Commune
Baya Location in Mali
Coordinates: 11°38′40″N 8°12′3″W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Yanfolila Cercle
Area [1]
• Total	128 km^2 (49 sq mi)
Population  (2009 census)[2]
• Total	33,519
• Density	260/km^2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Baya is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 128 square kilometers and includes the small towns of Kangaré and Dalabala, three villages and part of Lake Sélingué.^[3] In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 33,519.^[2] The town of Kangaré, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, lies to the east of the Sélingué Dam, 52 km north of Yanfolila.

References

1. Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-12-14. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
2. Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22, retrieved 2012-09-13.
3. 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 Rurale de Baya 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-20, retrieved 2012-09-13.