Moribabougou

Commune and town in Koulikoro Region, Mali

12°41′30″N 7°51′52″W / 12.69167°N 7.86444°W / 12.69167; -7.86444Country

MaliRegionKoulikoro RegionCercleKati CercleArea

^[1]

• Total79 km² (31 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total28,574 • Density360/km² (940/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Moribabougou is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. It lies on the eastern outskirts of the greater Bamako area. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 28,574.^[2]

History

Moribabougou hosted two pre-service trainings for Peace Corps/Mali volunteers, one in 1981 and the second in 1983. Don Lawder's 1997 Fishing in the Sky: The Education of Namory Keita was in part an account of his experience in the latter.

References

^ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-01-06, retrieved 2012-06-25. (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, Mali) commune_mali.zip
^ ^a ^b Resultats Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Moribabougou 2008-2012 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-02, retrieved 2012-06-25.

Communes and towns of Koulikoro Region

Capital: Koulikoro

Banamba Cercle