Gouanan is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 1747 square kilometers and includes 35 villages.. In the 2009 census it had a population of 24,704. The village of Yorobougoula, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 34 km southeast of Yanfolila.
Gouanan was a jamana of Wassoulou made up of 55 villages.Defensive Strategies Wasulu, Masina, and the Slave Trade, by Martin A. Klein. In Fighting the Slave Trade: West African Strategies, edited by Sylviane A. Diouf, Ohio University Press 2003
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