Yélimané
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Yélimané is a town
and principal settlement of the commune of Guidimé
in the Cercle of Yélimané
in the Kayes Region
of south-western Mali
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Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
and principal settlement of the commune of Guidimé
Guidimé
Guidimé is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yelimane in the Kayes Region of western Mali. The commune includes twelve villages. The administrative center is the town of Yélimané. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 44,019....
in the Cercle of Yélimané
Yélimané Cercle
Yélimané Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Kayes Region of Mali. Its seat is the town of Yélimané. The Cercle is further divided into 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 south-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...
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