Zébala

Zébala
Commune and town
Zébala Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°18′36″N 5°9′25″W
Country	Mali
Region	Sikasso Region
Cercle	Koutiala Cercle
Area [1]
• Total	312 km^2 (120 sq mi)
Elevation	371 m (1,217 ft)
Population  (2009)[2]
• Total	17,278
• Density	55/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Zébala is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 312 square kilometers and includes 8 settlements.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 17,278.^[2] The town of Zébala, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 35 km east-southeast of Koutiala.

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 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 (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2013.

External links

• Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Zébala 2006-2008 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006.