Kenieba Cercle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kéniéba Cercle in the Kayes Region.
Kéniéba Cercle in the Kayes Region.

Kenieba Cercle (fr. Kéniéba Cercle) is an administrative subdivision of the Kayes Region of Mali. Its capital is the city of Kéniéba. The Cercle is further divided into Arrondissements and Communes. Kenieba Cercle's population as of 1998 was 165,567 people.[1]

Kéniéba Cercle includes the communes of Baye, Dabia, Diafalara, Dombia, Faléa, Faraba, Guenegore, Kassama, Kéniéba, Kouroukoto, Sagalo and Sitakili.

Kéniéba Cercle contains the Malian section of the hilly Bambouk region, the historic gold mining region of the Ghana Empire and the Mali Empire. Kenieba Cercle is divided from the Senegalese Bambouk by the valley of the Faleme River.

[edit] References