Niéna is a small town and
rural commune in the
Cercle of Sikasso in the
Sikasso Region of southern
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
. The commune covers an area of 1,040 square kilometers and includes the town and 42 villages.
[.] In the 2009 census it had a population of 32,265.
[ The town is the administrative center ('']chef-lieu
An administrative center 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 administrative language (such as Belgium, Lux ...
'') of the commune. It is 76 km west of Sikasso on the RN7, the main road linking Sikasso and Bougouni
Bougouni is a commune and city in Mali, the administrative center of Bougouni Cercle, which is in turn found in the administrative region of Sikasso. Bougouni is located 170 km south of Bamako and 210 km west of the city of Sikasso. ...
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Communes of Sikasso Region
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