Pelengana

Pelengana
Commune and town
Pelengana
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 13°25′40″N 6°12′55″W / 13.42778°N 6.21528°W / 13.42778; -6.21528
Country Mali
RegionSégou Region
CercleSégou Cercle
Area
  Total
359 km2 (139 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census)
  Total
56,259
  Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Pelengana (or Pélengana) is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune contains the town and 25 villages in an area of approximately 359 square kilometers. In the 2009 census it had a population of 56,259. The town of Pelengana lies 5 km southeast of Ségou on the Route Nationale 6.