Toguéré Coumbé is a village and
commune of the
Cercle of Ténenkou in the
Mopti Region of
Mali. The commune contains 32 villages and in 2009 had a population of 27,057.
[
The village is 75 km northeast of ]Ténenkou
Ténenkou (or Tenenkou; ff, Teenengu) is a village and commune and seat of the Ténenkou Cercle in the Mopti Region of Mali. In 2009 the commune had a population of 11,310.
The market that is held in the village on Thursdays serves many settlem ...
and 80 km northwest of Mopti
Mopti ( Bambara: ߡߏߕߌ tr. Moti) is a town and an urban commune in the Inner Niger Delta region of Mali. The town is the capital of the Mopti Cercle and the Mopti Region. Situated 630 km northeast of Bamako, the town lies at the conflue ...
, near the right bank of the Diaka Channel, a distributary
A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. Distributaries are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributar ...
of the Niger River that only fills when the Niger is in flood. The commune occupies part of the Inner Niger Delta and from July to December much of the commune is under water and many villages are only accessible by boat.
The market that is held in the village on Saturdays serves many settlements in the surrounding region.[.]
References
Communes of Mopti Region
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