Mahina, Mali Explained

Mahina
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:Kayes Region
Subdivision Type2:Cercle
Subdivision Name2:Bafoulabé Cercle
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2009 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:26754
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:13.7583°N -10.8486°W
Elevation M:100

Mahina is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The commune includes 24 small villages of which the largest are Mahina, Diallola, Sékodounga and Niakalinssiraya.[2] In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 26,754.

The Dakar-Niger Railway has a station at Mahina and the railroad crosses the Bafing River over a bridge built in 1895. The bridge was repaired in 2022.[3]

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  3. News: PONT DE MAHINA : REPRISE DES TRAVAUX DE RÉNOVATION . 20 March 2022 . Bamada.net . 16 February 2022.