Pelou

Commune and village in Mopti Region, Mali

14°20′35″N 3°26′31″W / 14.34306°N 3.44194°W / 14.34306; -3.44194Country

MaliRegionMopti RegionCercleBandiagara CerclePopulation

(2009 census)^[1]

• Total4,348Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Pelou (Pɛ̀:lú) is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Bandiagara of the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains four villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 4,348.

The village is situated on a rocky plateau. Farming, gardening, and herding are the main economic activities. Donno So is spoken in Pelou. The local surname is Tembély.^[2]

References

^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27, retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Pelou". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.

External links

Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Pelou 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-21, retrieved 2012-04-26.
Situation des points d'eau modernes au Mali en 2003: Pelou (in French), Ministère des Mines, de l'Energie et de l'Eau, République du Mali, 2003^{[permanent dead link]}.