Gouandiaka | |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Mali |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
Pushpin Label: | Kalana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mali |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sikasso Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
Subdivision Name2: | Yanfolila Cercle |
Seat Type: | Admin HQ (Chef-lieu) |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1169 |
Population As Of: | 2009 census |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 26287 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 10.7861°N -8.1917°W |
Gouandiaka is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 1,169 square kilometers and includes 29 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 26,287.[2] The village of Kalana, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 44 km south of Yanfolila.