Femaye
Encyclopedia
Femaye is a rural commune
of the Cercle of Djenné
in the Mopti Region
of Mali
. The commune includes 21 villages. The principal village (chef-lieu
) is Taga
.
Taga is 18 km from Djenné but the route is impassable when the Bani River
floods.
Communes of Mali
A Commune is the third level administrative unit in Mali. Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district . These subdivisions bear the name of their principal city. The regions are divided into 49 Cercles...
of the Cercle of Djenné
Djenné Cercle
Djenné Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Mopti Region of Mali. The administrative center is the town of Djenné. In the 2009 census the cercle had a population of 207,260 people.-Administrative subdivisions:...
in the Mopti Region
Mopti Region
Mopti is the fifth administrative region of Mali, covering 79,017 km². Its capital is the city of Mopti.-Geography:Mopti Region is bordered by Tombouctou Region to the north, Ségou Region to the southwest, and Burkina Faso to the southeast....
of Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
. The commune includes 21 villages. The principal village (chef-lieu
Chef-lieu
A chef-lieu is a town or city that is pre-eminent, from an administrative perspective, in any given sub-division of territory in France and some French-speaking countries.-In Algeria:...
) is Taga
Taga, Mali
Taga is a village and seat of the commune of Femaye in the Cercle of Djenné in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali....
.
Taga is 18 km from Djenné but the route is impassable when the Bani River
Bani River
The Bani River is the principal tributary of the Niger River in Mali. Its length is about 1100 km. The Bani is formed from the confluence of the Baoulé and Bagoé rivers some 160 km east of Bamako and merges with the Niger near Mopti.-Geography:...
floods.