Administrative Subdivisions
The Koulikoro Region is divided into seven cercles encompassing 106 communes:
| Cercle name | Area (km2) | Population Census 1998 |
Population Census 2009 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nara | 30,000 | 166,783 | 242,990 | |
| Banamba | 7,500 | 142,160 | 190,235 | |
| Kolokani | 12,000 | 184,905 | 233,919 | |
| Koulikoro | 7,260 | 153,485 | 211,103 | |
| Dioïla | 12,794 | 332,972 | 491,210 | |
| Kati | 16,897 | 513,798 | 948,128 | |
| Kangaba | 5,500 | 76,404 | 100,720 |
Mali's capital (Bamako) is located in the heart of the region, but forms a separate administrative entity called the Bamako Capital District; it is entirely surrounded by Kati Cercle.
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