Kignan | |
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: | Sikasso Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
Subdivision Name2: | Sikasso Cercle |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 646 |
Population As Of: | 2009 census |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 33962 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 11.8511°N -6.0153°W |
Kignan is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 646 square kilometers and includes the town and 14 villages.[3] As of the 2009 census it had a population of 33,962.[2] The town of Kignan is 77 km northwest of Sikasso on the R20 road that links Sikasso to Fana.