Dogofry is a village and a
rural commune in the
Cercle of Niono in the
Ségou Region
Ségou Region (Bambara language, Bambara: ߛߋߓߎ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Segu Dineja) is an administrative region in Mali, situated in the centre of the country with an area of , around 5% of Mali. The region is bordered by Sikasso Region on the sout ...
of southern-central
Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...
. The commune covers an area of approximately 3,820 square kilometers and is bordered to the north by the Republic of Mauritania, to the east by the commune of
Nampalari, to the southeast by the commune of
Diabaly, to the southwest by the commune of
Sokolo and to the west by the commune of
Guiré in the
Cercle of Nara. It includes 19 villages, and had a population of 34,057 in the 2009 census.
[ The south of the commune includes a region irrigated as part of the ]Office du Niger
The Office du Niger is a semi-autonomous government agency in Mali that administers a large irrigation scheme in the Ségou Region of the country. Water from the Niger River is diverted into a system of canals at the Markala dam downstream of Sé ...
scheme. The village of Dogofry lies in this irrigated area, about 60 km north of Niono
Niono is a town and commune located in the Ségou Region of Mali. The commune has an area of approximately 491 square kilometers and includes the town and 20 of the surrounding villages. In the 2009 census it had a population of 91,554. The town i ...
, to the west of the Fala de Molodo and the Distributeur de Kogoni.
The ''Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire'' document gives the administrative center of the commune (''chef-lieu
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
'') as Banamba.[.] This is a larger village than Dogofry (or Dogofry Ba) that lies 4 km to the north. It has the coordinates .
References
Communes of Ségou Region
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