Kokry

Commune and village in Ségou Region, Mali

13°57′38″N 5°30′55″W / 13.96056°N 5.51528°W / 13.96056; -5.51528Country

MaliRegionSégou RegionCercleMacina CercleArea

^[1]

• Total160 km² (60 sq mi)Population

(2009 census)^[2]

• Total13,393 • Density84/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Kokry is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Macina in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 160 square kilometers and includes 17 villages.^[3] The farmland is irrigated by the Office du Niger irrigation scheme. The main crop is rice. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 13,393.^[2] The main village, (chef-lieu), is called Kokry Centre to distinguish it from Kokry Bozo which lies 3 km to the east on a strip of land between the Niger River and the Distributeur Kokry, an irrigation canal.

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, retrieved 2012-08-30.
^ 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.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Kokry 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-26, retrieved 2012-08-30.

Communes and towns of Ségou Region, Mali

Capital: Ségou

Bla Cercle