Fana is a town and seat of the commune of Guegneka in

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 ...

Koulikoro Region Koulikoro Region ( Bambara: ߞߎߟߌߞߏߙߏ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Kulikoro Dineja) is a region in western Mali. It is the second administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 90,120 km2. Its capital is the city of Koulikoro. Geography The ...

. Fana has a population of approximately 25,631 inhabitants. Boasting a major production site of the

Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile The Compagnie malienne pour le développement des textiles (CMDT), created in 1974, is a Malian cotton company. The company is owned by the Malian state and is charged with the production and marketing of Mali's cotton. It is based in Bamako and ...

(CMDT), Fana is Mali's second greatest site of

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production after

Koutiala Koutiala ( Bambara: ߞߎߕߌߊߟߊ tr. Kutiala) is a city in Mali in the administrative region of Sikasso, and is located 140 km north of the city of Sikasso. Koutiala serves as the capital of its administrative Cercle, home to 575,253 peop ...

. Fana accommodated the 4th edition of the

Forum des peuples The Forum des peuples is an annual demonstration in Mali organized since 2002 by the ''Coalition des alternatives africaines dettes et développement (CAD-Mali).'' It is a meeting of the alter-globalists of the developing countries. Created at ...

in 2005.

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Fana is twinned with: *

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