Nara 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
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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
Nara
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Nara Cercle is the northernmost area of Koulikoro Region, and abuts the desert regions of
Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
to the north. It covers some 30,000 km
2, and is home to
Bambara and
Sarakole (Soninké) peoples, as well as semi-nomadic
Maure
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Origin
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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
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peoples, engaged in farming and livestock raising.
Administrative divisions
Nara Cercle is divided into 11
''communes'':
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Allahina
Allahina is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The town lies 31 km south of the Mauritanian border and 156 km west of Nara
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Dabo
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Dilly
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Fallou
Fallou is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali ...
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Guéniébé
Guéniébé is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The village is 25 km northeast of Nara, the administrative centre of the cercle.
The commune has an area of 2,925 km2 an ...
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Guiré
Guiré is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of 6,892 square kilometers and extends to the Mauritanian border. It contains 25 villages. and had a populati ...
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Koronga
Koronga is a village and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The village is 40 km northwest of Nara, the administrative centre of the cercle, and 20 km south of the Mauritanian border. The commu ...
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Nara
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Niamana
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Ouagadou
Ouagadou is a commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune contains the town of Goumbou which is the administrative centre and 6 villages.. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 19,123. Go ...
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Cercles of Mali
Koulikoro Region