Alafia is a
rural commune of the
Cercle of Timbuktu in the
Tombouctou Region
Tombouctou Region ( Bambara: ߕߎߡߎߕߎ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Tumutu Dineja) is one of the administrative regions of Mali. For administrative purposes, the region is subdivided into five cercles.
The region is part of northern Mali that was sepa ...
of
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
. The main village and administrative centre is
Toya Toya may refer to:
Places
*Tōya, Hokkaidō, a former village in Abuta District, Iburi, Hokkaidō, Japan
*Tōyako, Hokkaidō, a town incorporating Tōya, Hokkaidō
**Tōya Station (Tōyako), a railway station in Tōyako
*Lake Tōya, a volcanic lak ...
. The ''commune'' is mostly desert and covers an area of 27,857 km
2. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 13,318.
References
Communes of Tombouctou Region
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