Tessalit Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Kidal Region

Kidal Region

Kidal is the eighth administrative region of Mali, covering 151,430 km². Its capital is the city of Kidal.-Geography:The region is bordered on the west by Tomboctou Region, to the south by Gao Region, to the east by Niger and to the north by Algeria....

 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 capital lies at the city of Tessalit

Tessalit

Tessalit is a city in Mali's Kidal Region. The town is both a Commune and the capital of Tessalit Cercle . As of 1998 the commune had a total population of 2,533....

. 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. As of 2009 the cercle had a population of 16,289. This make the cercle the third least populated cercle in Mali, because of its hot Sahara Desert extreme climate.

Communes

The Tessalit Cercle contains the following Rural 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...

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• Adjelhoc (Aguelhok)
• Tessalit
  Tessalit
  Tessalit is a city in Mali's Kidal Region. The town is both a Commune and the capital of Tessalit Cercle . As of 1998 the commune had a total population of 2,533....
  
  
• Timtaghene
  Timtaghène
  Timtaghène is a Saharan village and commune in the Cercle of Tessalit in the Kidal Region of north-eastern Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 213, making it one of the least populated communes in all of Mali.-References:...