Ansongo Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the

Gao Region The Gao Region ( Bambara: ߜߊߏ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Gao Dineja) is a region in northeastern Mali. The capital city is Gao. Geography The region is bordered to the north by Kidal Region, to the west by Tombouctou Region and Taoudénit Region, to ...

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 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 the town of

Ansongo Ansongo is a rural commune and small town in the Gao Region of eastern Mali. The town lies on the left bank of the Niger River 90 km south of Gao. It is the administrative center for the surrounding Ansongo Cercle. The commune covers an ar ...

. The

Niger River The Niger River ( ; ) is the main river of West Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through ...

passes through the ''cercle'' and plays an important role in transportation and the economy in the region. The cercle is divided into seven

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

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Ouattagouna Ouattagouna or Ouatagouna is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali. Geography and climate Located in the extreme south of the Ansongo Cercle and the region, the commune of Ouattagouna was est ...

Talataye Talataye is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maal ...

Tessit Tessit is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 6,717. See also *Labbezenga Labbezenga is a small riverport village in Mali. This seaport is locate ...

Tin-Hama Tin-Hama is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, i ...

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Cercles of Mali Gao Region Niger River {{Gao-geo-stub