List of Cities in Mali

This List of cities in Mali tabulates all the largest communes in the country of Mali (including those in the north-eastern portion where the Mali Government no longer exercises de facto control). Besides the largest cities and towns (all urban communes are shown), this table also includes other large rural communes with a population in excess of 50,000.

By far the largest agglomeration in Mali is the capital, Bamako, with a population of 1,809,106 (at the 2009 Census). Thus about 12½ percent of the people of the country live in the capital.

The following table lists all communes with over 50,000 population from the 1 April 2009 census, together with the higher-level administrative unit (région) and second-level unit (cercle) in which each is situated. The population figures refer to the real city (i.e. commune) without any suburbs in neighbouring communes.

Bamako is a separate capital district and is not within any région or cercle; it comprises six urban communes (not individually listed in the table below), which are numbered rather than named.

Name Region Cercle Urban or
rural
commune		 Popn
1998
Census		 Popn
2009
Census		 Average
Annual
Change
Bamako Bamako Bamako Six Urban
communes		 1,016,296 1,809,106 4.8
Sikasso Sikasso Sikasso Urban 134,774 225,753 4.8
Kalabancoro Koulikoro Kati Rural 35,582 166,722 15.1
Koutiala Sikasso Koutiala Urban 76,914 137,919 5.5
Ségou Ségou Ségou Urban 105,305 130,690 2.0
Kayes Kayes Kayes Urban 67,424 127,368 6.0
Kati Koulikoro Kati Urban 52,714 114,983 7.3
Mopti Mopti Mopti Urban 80,472 114,296 3.2
Niono Ségou Niono Rural 54,251 91,554 4.9
Gao * Gao * Gao * Urban 52,201 86,633 4.7
San Ségou San Urban 46,631 68,067 3.5
Koro Mopti Koro Rural 41,440 62,681 3.8
Bla Ségou Bla Rural 27,568 61,338 7.5
Bougouni Sikasso Bougouni Urban 37,360 59,679 4.3
Mandé Koulikoro Kati Rural 30,577 59,352 6.2
Baguineda-
Camp		 Koulikoro Kati Rural 28,371 58,661
Kolondiéba Sikasso Kolondiéba Rural 37,945 57,898 3.9
Kolokani Koulikoro Kolokani Rural 33,558 57,307 5.0
Pelengana Ségou Ségou Rural 19,963 56,259 9.9
Tombouctou * Tombouctou * Tombouctou * Urban 29,732 54,453 5.7
Koury Sikasso Yorosso Rural 33,605 54,435 4.5
Massigui Koulikoro Dioïla Rural 42,665 53,947 2.2
Tonka * Tombouctou * Goundam * Rural 37,821 53,438 3.2
Kadiolo Sikasso Kadiolo Rural 31,292 52,932 4.9
Wassoulou-
Balle		 Sikasso Yanfolila Rural 37,498 51,727 3.0
Kaladougou Koulikoro Dioïla Rural 23,823 51,384 7.2
Koumantou Sikasso Bougouni Rural 33,987 51,348 3.8
Ouelesse-
bougou		 Koulikoro Kati Rural 36,198 50,056 3.0

The next table lists all the remaining urban communes with under 50,000 population from the 1 April 2009 census, together with the higher-level administrative unit (région) and second-level unit (cercle) in which each is situated. The population figures refer to the real city (i.e. commune) without any suburbs in neighbouring communes.

Name Region Cercle Popn
1998
Census		 Popn
2009
Census
Kita Kayes Kita 31,861 48,947
Koulikoro Koulikoro Koulikoro 28,670 43,174
Nioro Kayes Nioro 22,266 33,486
Djenné Mopti Djenné 19,558 32,944
Douentza * Mopti Douentza * 13,138 28,005
Bourem * Gao * Bourem * 21,227 27,486
Kidal Kidal Kidal 11,159 25,617
Bandiagara Mopti Bandiagara 21,058 25,564
Diré * Tombouctou * Diré * 13,431 22,365
Goundam * Tombouctou * Goundam * 9,030 15,253
Toya Kayes Yélimané 8,908 12,922
Troungoumbé Kayes Nioro 9,988 11,412
Ténenkou Mopti Ténenkou 7,675 11,310
Fatao Kayes Diéma 4,774 9,239
Kouniakary Kayes Kayes 7,023 8,135
Karan Koulikoro Kangaba 5,669 6,874
Youri Kayes Nioro 4,061 6,721
Somankidi Kayes Kayes 4,784 6,622
Fégui Kayes Kayes 2,688 5,494
Kourounikoto Kayes Kita 3,247 5,335

Note that * signifies an entity within the rebel-controlled North.

Famous quotes containing the words list of, list and/or cities:

    “Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And they have provided the natives—from Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichacestenango—with a detailed and itemized list of what is expected of them and when. These are the up-to- date scripts for actors on the tourists’ stage.”
    —Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)

    “Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
    —Janet Frame (b. 1924)

    “If I be false, or swerve a hair from truth,
    When time is old and hath forgot itself,
    When waterdrops have worn the stones of Troy,
    And blind oblivion swallowed cities up,
    And mighty states characterless are grated
    To dusty nothing, yet let memory
    From false to false among false maids in love
    Upbraid my falsehood.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)