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 / 14.01750; -4.23111 | |
| 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.12
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
References
- 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.