Yanfolila Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the
Sikasso Region
Sikasso Region ( Bambara: ߛߌߞߊߛߏ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Sikaso Dineja) is the southernmost region of Mali. The region's capital city, Sikasso, is the country's second-largest city. Major ethnic groups include the Senoufo, known for masks and rever ...
of southern
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
Yanfolila
Yanfolila is a town and seat of both the Yanfolila Cercle and the Wassoulou-Ballé rural commune in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali.. The town lies 272 km west of Sikasso, 164 km south of Bamako and 23 km from the border with ...
.
The
cercle is divided into 12
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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Baya
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Bolo-Fouta
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Djallon-Foula
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Djiguiya de Koloni
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Gouanan
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Gouandiaka
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Koussan
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Sankarani
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Séré Moussa Ani Samou De Siékorolé
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Tagandougou
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Wassoulou-Ballé
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Yallankoro-Soloba
Yallankoro-Soloba is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 285 square kilometers and includes 8 villages.. In the 2009 census it had a population of 11,722. The village o ...
The town of Yanfolila lies within the rural commune of Wassoulou-Ballé.
References
Cercles of Mali
Sikasso Region
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