Koulikoro 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 ...

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

Koulikoro Koulikoro ( Bambara: ߞߎߟߌߞߏߙߏ tr. Kulikoro) is a town and urban commune in Mali. The capital of the Koulikoro Region, Koulikoro is located on banks of the Niger River, downstream from Mali's capital Bamako. Koulikoro is the terminus of ...

, which is also the capital of the

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. A major trade and industrial town on the

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, Koulikoro has been surpassed by

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to the west as the largest town in the region. Also to the southwest, lying entirely within

Kati Cercle Kati Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Koulikoro Region of Mali. Its seat is the town of Kati, which is also its largest town. It lies at the southwest corner of the region, and completely surrounds the Bamako Capital District. Unti ...

but administratively separate, is the District of

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...

, which after independence was carved out of the middle of the region. The Koulikoro Cercle is divided into nine

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:. * Dinandougou * Doumba * Koula *

* Meguetan * Nyamina *

Sirakorola Sirakorola is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Koulikoro in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 27859. It is located 18 kilometres from Koulikoro Koulikoro (Bambara language, Bambara ...

Tienfala Tienfala is a small town and commune on the Niger River in the Cercle of Koulikoro in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 4128. It is located 30 kilometres from Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬� ...

Tougouni Tougouni is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Koulikoro in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Ma ...

Koulikoro Cercle in the east center of Koulikoro Region, and covers over 7,000 km². It is home to primarily Bambara and

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farmers, including large export

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plantations along the river. Other farm products include groundnuts,

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and

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. The north of the Cercle is dry,

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land, primarily used for livestock.

References

Cercles of Mali Koulikoro Region {{Koulikoro-geo-stub