Kati Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the
Koulikoro Region
Koulikoro Region ( Bambara: ߞߎߟߌߞߏߙߏ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Kulikoro Dineja) is a region in western Mali. It is the second administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 90,120 km2. Its capital is the city of Koulikoro.
Geography
The ...
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 ...
. Its seat is the town of
Kati
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, which is also its largest town. It lies at the southwest corner of the region, and completely surrounds the
Bamako Capital District. Until the capital was hived off in 1977, the combined Cercle was called Bamako Cercle, with the capital city as its seat.
Kati Cercle is home to primarily
Bambara and
Malinke
Maninka (also known as Malinke), or more precisely Eastern Maninka, is the name of several closely related languages and dialects of the southeastern Manding subgroup of the Mande language family. It is the mother tongue of the Malinké peop ...
farmers, as well as
Bozo
Bozo or bozo may refer to:
People
*Bozo people, a fishing people of the central Niger delta in Mali
** Bozo language, languages of the Bozo people
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and
Fula
Fula may refer to:
*Fula people (or Fulani, Fulɓe)
*Fula language (or Pulaar, Fulfulde, Fulani)
**The Fula variety known as the Pulaar language
**The Fula variety known as the Pular language
**The Fula variety known as Maasina Fulfulde
*Al-Fula ...
populations. The Kati area formed part of the pre-colonial
Beledougou region of the
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire ( Manding: ''Mandé''Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: ''UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or Manden; ar, مالي, Māl ...
,
Bambara Empire
The Bamana Empire (also Bambara Empire or Ségou Empire, bm, italics=no, ߓߊ߲ߓߊߙߊ߲߫ ߝߊ߯ߡߟߊ, Banbaran Fāmala) was a large West African state based at Ségou, now in Mali. This state was established after the fall of the Mali Emp ...
, and was amongst the first places colonised by the French in the last decade of the 19th century.
The Cercle falls largely south of the dryer
Sahel
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land, in the wetter
Sudan
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. Through it runs the fertile valley of the
Niger River
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, home to
groundnut
Groundnut may refer to:
* Seeds that ripen underground, of the following plants, all in the Faboideae subfamily of the legumes:
** '' Best Basketball Player'', Obinna Udunni
** '' Arachis villosulicarpa'', a perennial peanut species
** ''Vigna sub ...
,
cotton
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, and
tobacco
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farms, as well as being a major transportation and fishing resource.
Administrative subdivisions
The Kati Cercle is divided into 37
communes
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:
[.]
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Baguinéda-Camp
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Bancoumana
Bancoumana or Bankoumana is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune includes the town and 13 villages.. At the time of the 2009 census it had a population of 21,714. The tow ...
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Bossofala
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Bougoula
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Daban
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Diago
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Dialakoroba
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Dialakorodji
Dialakorodji is a town and small commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. Although classified as a rural commune, Dialakorodji is now a northern suburb of Bamako
Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌' ...
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Diédougou
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Dio-Gare
Dio-Gare is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune has an area of 180 km2 and contains 7 villages.. At the time of the 2009 census the commune had a population of 8,161 ...
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Dogodouman
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Dombila
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Doubabougou
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Faraba
Faraba is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Kéniéba in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi M ...
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Kalabancoro
Kalabancoro or Kalaban Koro is a rural commune and town in the ''cercle'' of Kati within the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune has become part of the suburbs of Bamako, the Malian capital. It lies on the south side of the Nige ...
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Kalifabougou
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Kambila
*
Kati
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Kourouba
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Mandé
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Moribabougou
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Mountougoula
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N'Gabacoro
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N'Gouraba
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N'Tjiba
N'Tjiba is a rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, ita ...
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Niagadina
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Nioumamakana
*
Ouélessébougou
Ouélessébougou is a town and Communes of Mali, rural commune in the Kati Cercle, Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 1,118 square kilometers and includes the town of Ouéles ...
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Safo
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See also
* Aviation Safety Network
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Sanankoro Djitoumou
Sanankoro Djitoumou is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 630 square kilometers and includes 27 villages.. In the 2009 census it had a populati ...
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Sanankoroba
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Sangarébougou
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Siby
*
Sobra
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Tiakadougou-Dialakoro
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Tiélé
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Yélékébougou
References
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Cercles of Mali
Koulikoro Region