Madiga Sacko
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Madiga Sacko is a rural commune
and village in the Cercle of Diéma
in the Kayes Region
of western Mali
. The commune includes the villages of Guédéguilé, Souranguédou and Bagamabougou as well as the main village (chef-lieu
) of Madiga Sacko. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 12,690.
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 in the Cercle of Diéma
Diema Cercle
Diéma Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Kayes Region of Mali. Its administrative center is the small town of Diéma. The Cercle is divided into one urban commune and fourteen rural communes...
in the Kayes Region
Kayes Region
Kayes Region is one of eight first level national subdivisions, called Regions in Mali. It is the first administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 120,760 km²...
of western 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 Guédéguilé, Souranguédou and Bagamabougou as well as the main 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:...
) of Madiga Sacko. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 12,690.