Regions of Mali
Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district. Each of the regions bears the name of its principal city. The regions are divided into 49 cercles. The cercles and the capital district are divided into 703 communes.[1]
The regions are numbered, originally west to east, with Roman numerals.[2] The capital Bamako is administered separately and is in its own District.
The eight regions and the Bamako District are listed below. The population figures are from the 2009 census.[3]
Region name |
Region number |
Area (km2) |
Population |
Gao |
Région VII |
170,572 |
544,120 |
Kayes |
Région I |
120,760 |
1,996,812 |
Kidal |
Région VIII |
151,430 |
67,638 |
Koulikoro |
Région II |
90,120 |
2,418,305 |
Mopti |
Région V |
79,017 |
2,037,330 |
Ségou |
Région IV |
64,947 |
2,336,255 |
Sikasso |
Région III |
71,790 |
2,625,919 |
Tombouctou |
Région VI |
497,926 |
681,691 |
Bamako |
Unnumbered |
252 |
1,809,106 |
References
See also
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Sovereign
states |
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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States with limited
recognition |
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
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Dependencies and
other territories |
- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
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