Fourou Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. . commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
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