Nafanga

Nafanga
Commune
Nafanga Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°16′54″N 5°15′28″W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Koutiala Cercle
Area [1]
• Total	274 km^2 (106 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[2]
• Total	9,273
• Density	34/km^2 (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Nafanga is a rural commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 274 square kilometers and includes 6 villages.^[3]

Village scene at Kani (Nafanga Commune), April 2014

Village scene at Nintabougoro (Nafanga Commune), April 2015

• Dougouniona
• Kani
• Karangasso
• Nintabougoro
• Tianhirisso
• Zéguésso

In the 2009 census it had a population of 9,273.^[2] The village of Karangasso, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 26 km southeast of Koutiala.

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, retrieved 2013-11-25. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
2. Resultats RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2012.
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 3 December 2013, retrieved 25 November 2013.

External links

• Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Nafanga 2006-2008 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-02, retrieved 2013-11-25.