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Koumantou is a commune and town in Mali, in the Cercle of Bougouni in the Sikasso Region. It is located near the Ivorian border.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Koumantou
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Commune and town
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Mali
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bottom
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300
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Location in Mali
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Country
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Region
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Sikasso Region
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Cercle
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Bougouni Cercle
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Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2009
Settlement.population_total
51348
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Ethnicities
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GMT
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+0

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
commune of Mali
Country
Mali
Located in
Sikasso
Elevation
334
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Commons category
Koumantou
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Koumantou is a commune and town in Mali, in the Cercle of Bougouni in the Sikasso Region. It is located near the Ivorian border.

The commune includes 38 villages spread over 1268 km2. As of 2009 the commune had a population of 51,348. The commune's economy is heavily agricultural, relying particularly on millet, corn, sorghum, peanuts, and cotton. The Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile (CMDT) has a cotton-processing factory located in the town.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Koumantou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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