Nara Cercle
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Nara Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Koulikoro Region
Koulikoro Region
Koulikoro is a region in Mali. It is the second administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 90,120 km². Its capital is the city of Koulikoro.- Geography :...

 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...

. Its seat is the town of Nara
Nara, Mali
Nara is a city of Mali's Koulikoro Region and the capital of its Cercle. The Cercle is located near the Mauritanian border and was estimated in 2004 to contain 11,000 people...

, which is also the capital of its Region
Regions of Mali
||Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district. Each of the regions bears the name of its principal city. The regions are divided into 49 cercles. The cercles and the capital district are divided into 703 communes....

 and its largest town. The cercle
Cercles of Mali
A cercle is the second 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....

 is divided into communes
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 below this, Quarters/Villages.
Nara Cercle is the northernmost area of Koulikoro Region, and abuts the desert regions of Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

 to the north. It covers some 30,000 km2, and is home to Bambara and Sarakole peoples, as well as semi-nomadic Maure
Maure
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 and Fula
Fula people
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 peoples, engaged in farming and livestock raising.

Administrative divisions

Nara Cercle is divided into eleven commune:
  • Allahina
    Allahina
    Allahina is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 7475.-References:...

  • Dabo
    Dabo
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  • Dilly
    Dilly
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  • Dogofry
    Dogofry
    Dogofry may refer to:*Dogofry, Koulikoro*Dogofry, Ségou...

  • Fallou
    Fallou
    Fallou is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 22027....

  • Gueneibe
    Gueneibe
    Gueneibe is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 5814....

  • Guire
    Guire
    Guire is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 12,950....

  • Koronga
    Koronga
    Koronga is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 9131....

  • Nara
    Nara, Mali
    Nara is a city of Mali's Koulikoro Region and the capital of its Cercle. The Cercle is located near the Mauritanian border and was estimated in 2004 to contain 11,000 people...

  • Niamana
    Niamana, Koulikoro
    Niamana is a commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The principal town lies at Mourdiah. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 19,881....

  • Ouagadou
    Ouagadou
    Ouagadou is a commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The principal town lies at Goumbou. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 17,788....

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