Koumaïra 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...

 and village of the Cercle of Niafunké

Niafunké Cercle

Niafunké Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The administrative center is the town of Niafunké. In the 2009 census the cercle had a population of 184,285...

 in the Tombouctou Region 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 village is on the south bank of the Bara-Issa, a branch of the Niger River

Niger River

The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea...

 that flows when the river is in flood. It lies 21 km south east of the town of Niafunké

Niafunké

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 and 65 km north east of Lake Debo

Lake Débo

Lake Débo is a lake in central part of Mali, formed by the seasonal flooding of the Niger River basin.-Extent:Lake Débo, at its greatest extent, lies around 80 km from Mopti on its upstream end and 240 km from Timbuktu at its downstream end. It is the largest of many such seasonal wetlands and...

. The commune contains around 36 small settlements.

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. This document gives the area of the commune as 1,649 km².