Bankass

Bankass
Commune and town
Bankass Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°04′N 3°31′W / 14.067°N 3.517°WCoordinates: 14°04′N 3°31′W / 14.067°N 3.517°W
Country	Mali
Region	Mopti Region
Cercle	Bankass Cercle
Area[1]
• Total	362 km^2 (140 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
• Total	30,159
• Density	83/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Bankass is a town and rural commune located in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune has an area of approximately 362 square kilometers and includes the town and 25 of the surrounding villages.^[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 30,159.^[2] The town is the seat of the Bankass Cercle, one of eight subdivisions (cercles) of the Mopti Region.

References

1. "Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali", United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/mali Missing or empty |title= (help). commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
2. Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-19.
3. Communes de la Région de Mopti (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.

External links

• Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Bankass 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006.