Moribabougou

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.[2]

Moribabougou
Commune and town
Moribabougou
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 12°41′30″N 7°51′52″W
Country Mali
RegionKoulikoro Region
CercleKati Cercle
Area
  Total79 km2 (31 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census)[2]
  Total28,574
  Density360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

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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