{{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Pelou |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type =Commune and village |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map =Mali<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize =300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Mali <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mali}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Mopti Region |subdivision_type2 =Cercle |subdivision_name2 = Bandiagara Cercle |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |<!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =<!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2009 census |population_footnotes =<ref name=pop2009>{{citation | url=http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/mopti.pdf | publisher=République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique | title=Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) | language=French | access-date=2012-04-26 | archive-date=2012-07-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727120129/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/mopti.pdf | url-status=dead }}.</ref> |population_note = |population_total =4348 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone =GMT |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|14|20|35|N|3|26|31|W|region:ML_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Pelou''' (''Pɛ̀:lú'') is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Bandiagara of the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains four villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 4,348.
The village is situated on a rocky plateau. Farming, gardening, and herding are the main economic activities. Donno So is spoken in Pelou. The local surname is Tembély.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dogonlanguages.org/villages/904 |title=Pelou |editor-last1=Moran |editor-first1=Steven |editor-last2=Forkel |editor-first2=Robert |editor-last3=Heath |editor-first3=Jeffrey |date=2016 |website=dogonlanguages.org |access-date=2021-02-22}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{citation | title=Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Pelou 2006-2010 | publisher=Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali | year=2006 | url=http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/mopti/bandiagara/psa_pelou.pdf | language=French | access-date=2012-04-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921090730/http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/mopti/bandiagara/psa_pelou.pdf | archive-date=2012-09-21 | url-status=dead }}. *{{citation | title= Situation des points d'eau modernes au Mali en 2003: Pelou | url= http://www.bndr-mali.org/bnn-mali/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=594&Itemid=53 | publisher= Ministère des Mines, de l'Energie et de l'Eau, République du Mali | year= 2003 | language= French | access-date= 2012-04-26 | archive-date= 2024-11-26 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20241126221443/http://www.bndr-mali.org/bnn-mali/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=594&Itemid=53 | url-status= dead }}.
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