Nara Cercle
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Nara Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Koulikoro Region of Mali. Its seat is the city of Nara, which is also the capital of its Region and its largest city. The Cercle is further divided into Arrondissements and Communes. Nara Cercle's population as of 1998 was 190,284 people.[1]
Nara Cercle is the northernmost area of Koulikoro Region, and abuts the desert regions of Mauritania to the north. It covers some 30,000 km2, and is home to Bambara and Sarakole peoples, as well as semi-nomadic Maure and Fula peoples, engaged in farming and livestock raising.
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- See PROJET DE RÉFORME DU SECTEUR DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS AU MALI : Government of Mali, Project for Reform of the Telecomunications Sector. (2001-2002). Site includes 1998 population figures for all Cercles and Communes, and administrative structure as of 2001. Cartographie des infrastructures communales du Mali and Prévisions de desserte des communes pour la période de 2001-2005.
- Regions, Cercles and Places in Mali, African Development Information Services Database. Contains listing of Arrondissements under each Cercle page, as well as some Communes and places of interest in each Cercle.
- Pascal James Imperato. Historical Dictionary of Mali. Scarecrow Press/ Metuchen. NJ - London (1986) ISBN 0810813696
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