Dougabougou

Commune and town in Ségou Region, Mali

13°49′7″N 6°7′8″W / 13.81861°N 6.11889°W / 13.81861; -6.11889Country

MaliRegionSégou RegionCercleSégou CercleArea

^[1]

• Total180 km² (70 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total29,208 • Density160/km² (420/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Dougabougou is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 180 square kilometers and includes the town and 6 villages.^[3] In the 2009 census the population was 29,208.^[2] The town lies 20 km north of the Markala dam. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the production of sugar on land irrigated by the Office du Niger scheme. A Chinese-Malian company (Sukala SA) produces sugar in the town.^[4]

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. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
^ ^a ^b Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Ségou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.
^ Communes de la Région de Ségou (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.
^ Doumbia, Sidiki, N-SUKALA-SA : Le 1er sac du sucre attendu en avril 2012 (in French), Les Echos, retrieved 17 Jul 2012^{[permanent dead link]}.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Dougabougou 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-15, retrieved 2012-07-15.
Situation des points d'eau modernes au Mali en 2003: Dougabougou (in French), Ministère des Mines, de l'Energie et de l'Eau, République du Mali, 2003^{[permanent dead link]}.