Yélimané Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the
Kayes Region
Kayes Region ( Bambara: ߞߊߦߌ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Kayi Dineja, ) is one of ten 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 ...
of
Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...
. Its administrative centre (''
chef-lieu'') is the town of
Yélimané. In the 2009 census the population of the cercle was 178,442.
Yélimané Cercle is a major center of
gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...
mining.
The
''cercle'' is subdivided into 12
''communes'':
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Diafounou Diongaga
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Diafounou Gory
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Fanga
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Gory
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Guidimé
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Kirané Kaniaga
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Konsiga
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Kremis
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Marekaffo
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Soumpou
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Toya
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Tringa
''Tringa'' is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The genus name ''Tringa'' is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1599. They are mainly freshwater birds, often w ...
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Cercles of Mali