Bafoulabé Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the
Kayes Region
Kayes Region ( Bambara: ߞߊߦߌ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Kayi Dineja) is one of eight first level national subdivisions in Mali called Regions. It is the first administrative area of Mali and covers an area of . Its capital is the town of Kayes. The p ...
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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 ...
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Bafoulabé
Bafoulabé is a town and rural commune in south-western Mali. It is located in the Region of Kayes at the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy rivers which join to become the Sénégal River. Bafoulabé is the capital of the Cercle of Bafoulab ...
. In the 2009 census the population of the
''cercle'' was 233,926.
The ''cercle'' is divided into thirteen
''communes'':
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Bafoulabé
Bafoulabé is a town and rural commune in south-western Mali. It is located in the Region of Kayes at the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy rivers which join to become the Sénégal River. Bafoulabé is the capital of the Cercle of Bafoulab ...
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Bamafele
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Diakon
Diakon is a town and ''commune'' in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of western Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, itali ...
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Diallan
Diallan is a town and commune in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, it ...
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Diokeli
Diokeli is a village and ''commune'' in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. Although Diokeli is the administrative centre (''chef-lieu
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local go ...
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Gounfan
Gounfan is a small town and ''commune'' in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi ...
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Kontela
Kontela is a commune in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The commune contains 28 villages and hamlets. The principal village (''chef-lieu
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or loca ...
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Koundian
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Mahina
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Niambia
Niambia is a Communes of Mali, ''commune'' in the Bafoulabé Cercle, Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The main village (''chef-lieu'') is Horokoto.. In the 2009 census the ''commune'' had a population of 7,712.
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Oualia
Oualia is a small town and ''commune'' in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi ...
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Sidibela
Sidibela is a ''commune'' in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The main village (''chef-lieu'') is Tigana. In the 2009 census the ''commune'' had a population of 5966.
Geography and climate
Sidibela is located ...
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Tomora
Tomora is a commune in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The administrative centre (''chef-lieu'') is Oussoubidiagna, a small town with around 4,000 inhabitants. The ''commune'' contains over thirty small villa ...
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Cercles of Mali
Kayes Region