Fana, Mali
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Fana is a town and seat of the commune of Guegneka
in Mali
's Koulikoro Region
. Fana has a population of approximately 25,631 inhabitants.
Boasting a major production site of the Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile
(CMDT), Fana is Mali's second greatest site of cotton
production after Koutiala
.
Fana accommodated the 4th edition of the Forum des peuples
in 2005.
Guegneka
Guegneka is a commune in the Cercle of Dioïla in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The principal town lies at Fana. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 25631....
in Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
's Koulikoro Region
Koulikoro Region
Koulikoro is a region in 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 :...
. Fana has a population of approximately 25,631 inhabitants.
Boasting a major production site of the Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile
Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile
The Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile , 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...
(CMDT), Fana is Mali's second greatest site of cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
production after Koutiala
Koutiala
Koutiala is a city in Mali in the administrative region of Sikasso. Koutiala serves as the capital of its administrative Cercle, home to 355,289 people. As of 2005, Koutiala has an estimated 96,600 residents and an area of 18 000 km²...
.
Fana accommodated the 4th edition of the Forum des peuples
Forum des peuples
The Forum des peuples is an annual demonstration organized since 2002 inMali by the Coalition des alternatives africaines dettes et développement joining together the alter-globalists of the developing countries....
in 2005.
See also
- FanaFanaFana is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.-History:Prior to 1972, Fana was an independent municipality which territory also included today's boroughs of Ytrebygda, Fyllingsdalen, and the southernmost part of Årstad.-Geography:...
for the NorwegianNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
borough of the same name.