Banamba Cercle

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Banamba Cercle in the Koulikoro Region.
Banamba Cercle in the Koulikoro Region.

Banamba Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Koulikoro Region of Mali. Its seat is the town of Banamba, which is also its largest settlement. It lies at the center east of the region. Banamba Cercle's population as of 1998 was 149,965 people.[1]

The Banamba Cercle is divided into nine Arrondissements and their constituent communes. It covers some 7,700 square kilometers.

Banamba Cercle is home to primarially Bambara farmers, and formed part of the pre-colonial Bambara Empire. The Cercle falls largely in the dryer Sahel region, especially in its north, where the population is mostly Fula and Maure pastoralists.

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