Gounzoureye is a rural commune

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...

 in the Cercle of Gao

Gao Cercle

Gao Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali. The administrative center is the town of Gao.The cercle is divided into seven communes:* Anchawadi* Gabero* Gao * Gounzoureye* N'Tillit...

 in the Gao Region

Gao Region

The Gao Region is located in eastern Mali. The region's capital city is Gao. Gao Region is bordered to the south and east by Niger, to the north by Kidal Region, and to the west by Tombouctou Region. Common ethnicities in the Gao Region include the Songhai, Bozo, Tuareg, Bambara, and Kounta...

 of south-eastern 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 the villages of Koima, Tchirissoro, Sadou, Lobou, Sidibé, Kosseye, Gorom Gorom, Kadji, Wabaria, Arhabou, Tacharane, Bagoundjé I and Bagoundjé II, which are all located on the banks of the River Niger. The administrative center (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 at the village of Wabaria

Wabaria

Wabaria is a small town and seat of the Commune of Gounzoureye in the Cercle of Gao in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali....

. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 30,772.