Nara is a town and rural commune in the Koulikoro Region of southwestern Mali, and the administrative center of the Nara Cercle. It lies about 37 kilometres south of the international border with Mauritania and roughly 374 kilometres by road northeast of the Malian capital Bamako. The rural commune covers 1,300 square kilometres and includes the town and 16 surrounding villages, and the 2009 census counted 19,793 people in it. The name is written in Bambara script as Nara. This town is a different place from Nara in Japan, which shares the name.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 15.169309,-7.289854
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m result for the GeoNames positionQuote, SRTM 90 m result for the GeoNames position
266.0
2. The World Factbook
Central Intelligence AgencyGeography, Coastline (Mali)
0 km (landlocked)
Government, Capital, time difference (Mali)
UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
On Continent: Africa, Geography, Location (Mali)
interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger
In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Geography, Location (Mali)
interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger
View the Source 3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell 15.25 -7.25 BWhQuote, Grid cell 15.25 -7.25 BWh
15.25 -7.25 BWh
Nara, Mali (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Mali, LeadQuote, Part Of: Mali, Lead
is a town and rural commune in the Koulikoro Region of southwestern Mali
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