San is an urban commune and town in Mali, and the capital of the Cercle of San in the Ségou Region. A cercle is an administrative subdivision of a Malian region, so San is the seat of local government for the surrounding district as well as a town in its own right. The town lies 10 kilometres, or 6 miles, south of the Bani River, one of the rivers of the Niger basin. Its name is written in the Bambara script as ߛߊߣ, and the Bambara form is transliterated San. The 2009 census counted 68,078 people in the commune.
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In the 2009 census, the commune had a population of 68,078.
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San (Bambara: ߛߊߣ tr. San) is an urban commune, town and capital of the Cercle of San in the Ségou Region of Mali.
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San (Bambara: ߛߊߣ tr. San) is an urban commune, town and capital of the Cercle of San in the Ségou Region of Mali.
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