Bankass Cercle
Bankass Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Mopti Region of Mali. The administrative center (''chef-lieu An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lux ...'') is at the town of Bankass. The Cercle is divided into 12 rural communes: * Bankass * Baye * Diallassagou * Dimbal Habé * Kani Bonzon * Koulogon Habé * Léssagou Habé * Ouonkoro * Ségué * Sokoura * Soubala * Tori References Cercles of Mali Ségou Region {{Mopti-geo-stub ...
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Cercles Of Mali
A cercle is the second-level administrative unit in Mali. Mali is divided into eight ''régions'' and one capital district (Bamako); the ''régions'' are subdivided into 49 ''cercles''. These subdivisions bear the name of their principal city. During French colonial rule in Mali, a cercle was the smallest unit of French political administration that was headed by a European officer. A cercle consisted of several cantons, each of which in turn consisted of several villages. In 1887 the Cercle of Bafoulabé was the first cercle to be created in Mali. In most of former French West Africa, the term ''cercle'' was changed to prefecture or department after independence, but this was not done in Mali. Some cercles (and the district) were, prior to the 1999 local government reorganisation, further divided into arrondissements, especially in urban areas or the vast northern regions (such as Kidal), which consisted of a collection of communes. Since these reforms, cercles are now di ...
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