Mahina, Mali

Mahina
Commune and town
Mahina is located in Mali
Mahina
Mahina
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 13°45′30″N 10°50′55″W / 13.75833°N 10.84861°W / 13.75833; -10.84861
Country Mali
RegionKayes Region
CercleBafoulabé Cercle
Elevation
300 ft (100 m)
Population
 (2009 census)[1]
 • Total
26,754
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Mahina is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The commune includes 24 small villages of which the largest are Mahina, Diallola, Sékodounga and Niakalinssiraya.[2] In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 26,754.

The Dakar-Niger Railway has a station at Mahina and the railroad crosses the Bafing River over a bridge built in 1895. The bridge was repaired in 2022.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Kayes) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27.
  2. ^ Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Mehina 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-22.
  3. ^ "PONT DE MAHINA : REPRISE DES TRAVAUX DE RÉNOVATION". Bamada.net. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.