Ouattagouna
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ouattagouna
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mali
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mali
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gao Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Cercle
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ansongo Cercle
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Amadou Harouna Maiga
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4093
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 30519
- Settlement.population_metro
- 3591
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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- Instance of
- commune of Mali
- Country
- Mali
- Area
- 4093
- Elevation
- 242
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Ouattagouna or Ouatagouna is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali.
==Geography and climate== Located in the extreme south of the Ansongo Cercle and the region, the commune of Ouattagouna was established by Law No. 096-059, on 4 November 1996. It is bounded to the north by the communes of Boura and Tin-Hama, south by the prefecture Tillabery of Niger, to the east by the town of Tin-Hama and Ménaka and west by the municipality of Tessit. It covers an area of 4093 square kilometers. A considerable amount of the commune lies in the Ansongo-Ménaka animal reserve, especially east of the main town. It is managed by 23 elected representatives including one woman, three in the cercle and one in the Regional Assembly headed by a Mayor, three assistants, a secretary general, a manager and a guard.
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