A commune is the third-level administrative unit in Mali . Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district ( Bamako ). These subdivisions bear the name of their principal city. The regions are divided into 49 cercles . The cercles and the district are divided into 703 communes, with 36 urban communes and 667 rural communes, while some larger cercles still contain arrondissements above the commune level, these are organisational areas with no independent power or office. Rural communes are subdivided into villages, while urban communes are subdivided into quartier (wards or quarters). Communes usually bear the name of their principal town. The capital, Bamako , consists of six urban communes. There were initially 701 communes until Law No. 01-043 of 7 June 2001 created two new rural communes in the desert region in the north east of the country: Alata , Ménaka Cercle in the Gao Region and Intadjedite , Tin-Essako Cercle in the Kidal Region .
3-639: Diago is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali . The commune contains 7 villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 3,269. The village of Diago is 10 km northwest the town of Kati , the chef-lieu of the cercle. Plan de Sécurite Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Diago 2008-2012 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2008, archived from
6-407: The communes of France on which they were based during the colonial period, an administrative structure. Unlike French communes, they are not the lowest level administrative structure of the nation. Legally, the commune structure was created by Law No. 96-059/AN-RM of 4 November 1996 . The communes generally retain the same boundaries as the former arrondissements . Commune affairs are directed by
9-453: The original (PDF) on 2011-07-26 , retrieved 2011-02-05 . This Koulikoro Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Communes of Mali Not every built up area (which might be described as a town) is a commune, and not every commune (especially rural communes) contains a large town. In most cases where towns and communes coincide, commune borders extend beyond built up areas and are, like
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