Kalabancoro Explained

Kalabancoro
Settlement Type:Commune and town
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:Koulikoro Region
Subdivision Type2:Cercle
Subdivision Name2:Kati Cercle
Population As Of:2009 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:166722
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:12.5722°N -8.0289°W

Kalabancoro or Kalaban Koro is a rural commune and town in the cercle of Kati within the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune has become part of the suburbs of Bamako, the Malian capital. It lies on the south side of the Niger River, to the south and west of the urban communes V and VI of Bamako. The commune is growing very rapidly. In 1998 it had a population of 35,582 but by 2009 this had grown to 166,722. It is now Mali's third most populous commune, and by far the most populous rural commune.[1]

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