Sofara
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Sofara | |
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Town | |
  Sofara Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 14°1′3″N 4°13′52″W / 14.01750°N 4.23111°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Mopti Region |
| Cercle | Djenné Cercle |
| Commune | Fakala |
| Elevation | 271 m (889 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Sofara (Fula: Kaka) is a small town and seat (chef-lieu) of the rural commune of Fakala in the Cercle of Djenné in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali.[1][2]
The town lies on the right bank of the Bani River. A weekly market is held in the town on Tuesdays that serves the settlements in the region.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Communes de la Région de Mopti (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.
- ^ Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Sofara". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ Quensière, Jacques, ed. (1994), La pêche dans le delta central du Niger: approche pluridisciplinaire d'un système de production halieutique (PDF) (in French), Paris: ORSTOM, Karthala, p. 539 Carte VI, ISBN 2709912023.
External links
[edit]- Schutyser, Sebastian. "Sofara Mosque". Archnet.
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