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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