Dogofry is a village and a rural commune in the Cercle of Niona in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 3,820 square kilometers and is bordered to the north by the Republic of Mauritania, to the east by the commune of Nampalari, to the southeast by the commune of Diabaly, to the southwest by the commune of Sokolo and to the west by the commune of Guiré in the Cercle of Nara. It includes 19 villages,[3] and had a population of 34,057 in the 2009 census.[2] The south of the commune includes a region irrigated as part of the Office du Niger scheme. The village of Dogofry lies in this irrigated area, about 60 km north of Niono, to the west of the Fala de Molodo and the Distributeur de Kogoni.
Dogofry | |
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Commune and village | |
  Dogofry Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 14°46′50″N 6°1′45″W / 14.78056°N 6.02917°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Ségou Region |
| Cercle | Niono Cercle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,820 km2 (1,470 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 273 m (896 ft) |
| Population (2009 census)[2] | |
| • Total | 34,057 |
| • Density | 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
The Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire document gives the administrative center of the commune (chef-lieu) as Banamba.[4] This is a larger village than Dogofry (or Dogofry Ba) that lies 4 km to the north. It has the coordinates 14°49′0″N 6°1′5″W / 14.81667°N 6.01806°W.
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Dogofry 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-05, retrieved 2012-07-10.
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