Mopti

Mopti
Commune and town
Mopti Market
Mopti Market
Mopti is located in Mali
Mopti
Mopti
Location within Mali
Coordinates: 14°29′45″N 4°11′55″W / 14.49583°N 4.19861°W / 14.49583; -4.19861
Country Mali
Regions of MaliMopti Region
CercleMopti Cercle
islands
List
  • New Town
  • Old Town
  • Bani
Area
 • Total
40 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation
268 m (879 ft)
Population
 (2009)[2]
 • Total
114,296
 • Density2,900/km2 (7,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)

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 confluence of the Niger and the Bani Rivers and is linked by an elevated causeway to the town of Sévaré. The urban commune, which includes both Mopti and Sévaré, had a population of 114,296 in the 2009 census.

  1. ^ Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, archived from the original on 2012-01-06. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. ^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) (PDF), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27

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