Diou, Mali

Diou
Commune and village
Diou Location in Mali
Coordinates: 10°35′23″N 5°58′20″W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Kadiolo Cercle
Area [1]
• Total	137 km^2 (53 sq mi)
Population  (2009 census)[2]
• Total	6,003
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Diou is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Kadiolo in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 137 square kilometers and includes 3 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 6,003.^[2] The village of Diou, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 24 km west of Kadiolo.

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. Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27.
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 de Diou 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-30, retrieved 2012-09-12.