Gourma-Rharous Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the

Tombouctou Region Tombouctou Region ( Bambara: ߕߎߡߎߕߎ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Tumutu Dineja) is one of the administrative regions of Mali. For administrative purposes, the region is subdivided into five cercles. The region is part of northern Mali that was sepa ...

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 is the town of Gourma-Rharous. The route of the annual circular migration of the Gourma elephants crosses a number of communes in the cercles of Gourma-Rharous and

Douentza Douentza (Fulfulde: ''Duwayⁿsa'') is a town and urban commune in the Mopti Region of central Mali. The town lies 145 km east-northeast of Mopti on the RN16, a paved road that links Mopti and Gao. It is the administrative center of the Do ...

( Mopti Region). Lake Banzena () in the commune of Bambara Maoudé serves as an important source of water for the elephants at the end of the dry season (April to June). The cercle is divided into nine

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, relig ...

:. * Bambara Maoudé * Banikane *

Gossi Gossi is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Gourma-Rharous of the Tombouctou Region of Mali, lying northeast of Hombori and southwest of Gao. The town is just to the west of the main RN15 highway that links Mopti with Gao. It is on a se ...

* Hamzakoma *

Haribomo Haribomo is a rural commune of the Cercle of Gourma-Rharous in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The commune contains 29 villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 7,389. The principal village (''chef-lieu An administrative center is ...

* Inadiatafane * Ouinerden * Rharous * Séréré

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