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Souba | |
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Commune and village | |
  Souba Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 13°24′50″N 6°35′50″W / 13.41389°N 6.59722°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Ségou Region |
| Cercle | Ségou Cercle |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) |
| Population (2009 census)[2] | |
• Total | 17,961 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Souba is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune contains 24 villages in an area of approximately 1,104 square kilometers.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 17,961.[2] The village of Souba, the chef-lieu of the commune, sits on the left (north) bank of the Niger River.
The Saako and Konare families were sent by the faamas of the Segou Empire to found Souba within the Kala province.[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.
- ^ Bazin, Jean (1988). "Princes désarmés, corps dangereux. Les « rois-femmes » de la région de Segu". Cahiers d’Études Africaines (in French). 28 (111): 387. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Souba 2008-2012 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2008.
- Situation des points d'eau modernes au Mali en 2003: Souba (in French), Ministère des Mines, de l'Energie et de l'Eau, République du Mali, 2003.
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