Fourou | |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Pushpin Map: | Mali |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
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: | 1334 |
Population As Of: | 2009 census |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 40826 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 10.7472°N -6.1403°W |
Fourou is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kadiolo in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali near the border with Ivory Coast. The commune covers an area of 1,334 square kilometers and includes the town and 22 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 40,826.[2] The town of Fourou, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 47 km northwest of Kadiolo.