Fourou

Fourou
Commune and town
Map of Fourou, 1892
Fourou Location in Mali
Coordinates: 10°44′50″N 6°8′25″W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Kadiolo Cercle
Area [1]
• Total	1,334 km^2 (515 sq mi)
Population  (2009 census)[2]
• Total	40,826
• Density	31/km^2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Fourou in 1892

Fourou is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kadiolo in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali near the border with Ivory Coast. The commune covers an area of 1,334 square kilometers and includes the town and 22 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 40,826.^[2] The town of Fourou, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 47 km northwest of Kadiolo.

References

1. Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-01-06. 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 Rurale de Fourou 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-20, retrieved 2012-09-12.