Alafia | |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Mali |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Label: | Toya |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Toya in Mali |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tombouctou Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
Subdivision Name2: | Timbuktu Cercle |
Area Total Km2: | 27857 |
Population As Of: | 2009 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 13318 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 16.6569°N -3.0478°W |
Alafia is a rural commune of the Cercle of Timbuktu in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The main village and administrative centre is Toya. The commune is mostly desert and covers an area of 27,857 km2. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 13,318.