Gouandiaka

Gouandiaka
Commune
Kalana Location in Mali
Coordinates: 10°47′10″N 8°11′30″W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Yanfolila Cercle
Admin HQ (Chef-lieu)	Kalana
Area [1]
• Total	1,169 km^2 (451 sq mi)
Population  (2009 census)[2]
• Total	26,287
• Density	22/km^2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Gouandiaka is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 1,169 square kilometers and includes 29 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 26,287.^[2] The village of Kalana, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 44 km south 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 2012-01-06. 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 Sécurite Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Gouandiaka 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-06, retrieved 2011-02-08.