Regions of Mali

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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.

The regions are numbered, originally west to east, with Roman numerals. 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.

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

• Portions of this article were translated from French Wikipedia's article fr:Collectivité territoriale au Mali.

See also

• Cercles of Mali
• ISO 3166-2:ML