Ouélessébougou | |
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 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Niankoro Yeah Samake |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1118 |
Population As Of: | 2009 census |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 50056 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 12°N -7.9111°W |
Ouélessébougou is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 1,118 square kilometers and includes the town of Ouélessébougou and 44 villages.[3] In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 50,056.[2] The town lies 80 km south of Bamako on the Route Nationale 7.