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Commune and town in Koulikoro Region, Mali
Moribabougou
Commune and town
A town with a variety of brick buildings and structures. Green trees stick out against the reddish/orange landscape.The town of Moribabougou.
Moribabougou is located in MaliMoribabougouMoribabougouLocation in Mali
Coordinates: 12°41′30″N 7°51′52″W / 12.69167°N 7.86444°W / 12.69167; -7.86444
Country Mali
RegionKoulikoro Region
CercleKati Cercle
Area
 • Total79 km (31 sq mi)
Population
 • Total28,574
 • Density360/km (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.

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

  1. 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
  2. ^ 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.

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Mali Communes and towns of Koulikoro Region
Capital: Koulikoro
Banamba Cercle
Dioila Cercle
Kangaba Cercle
Koulikoro Cercle
Kolokani Cercle
Kati Cercle
Nara Cercle


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