Diou | |
Settlement Type: | Commune and village |
Pushpin Map: | Mali |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mali |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sikasso Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
Subdivision Name2: | Kadiolo Cercle |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 137 |
Population As Of: | 2009 census |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 6003 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 10.5897°N -5.9722°W |
Diou is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Kadiolo in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 137 square kilometers and includes 3 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 6,003.[2] The village of Diou, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 24 km west of Kadiolo.