Yorosso Explained

Yorosso
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:Yorosso Cercle
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:487
Population As Of:2009 census
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:22063
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:12.3556°N -4.7778°W

Yorosso is a town and rural commune in the Yorosso Cercle, in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The town serves as the seat of the Yorosso Cercle. It lies 151 km northeast of Sikasso and 202 km southeast of Ségou. The commune covers an area of 487 square kilometers, and includes the Yorosso town and nine other surrounding villages.[3] According to the 2009 census, it had a population of 22,063.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. . commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
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