Sama Foulala
Sama Foulala | |
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Commune and village | |
  Sama Foulala Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 13°22′58″N 6°30′33″W / 13.38278°N 6.50917°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Ségou Region |
| Cercle | Ségou Cercle |
| Area | |
• Total | 154 km2 (59 sq mi) |
| Population (2009 census)[2] | |
• Total | 6,180 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Sama Foulala is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune contains 7 villages in an area of approximately 154 square kilometers.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 6,180.[2] The village of Sama Foulala, is on the left (north) bank of the River Niger.
Sama Foulala and its older sister town Sama Markala were historically part of the province of Kala. The Saako and Sogore families were the founders of the town, with the latter acting as kings. The town was also the site of a powerful Komo shrine.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 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
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link). - ^ 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.
- ^ Bazin, Jean (1988). "Princes désarmés, corps dangereux. Les « rois-femmes » de la région de Segu". Cahiers d'Études Africaines (in French). 28 (111): 386. doi:10.3406/cea.1988.1658. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Sama Foulala 2008-2012 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-17.
- Situation des points d'eau modernes au Mali en 2003: Sama Foulala (in French), Ministère des Mines, de l'Energie et de l'Eau, République du Mali, 2003.
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