- Kolokani Cercle
Kolokani Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the
Koulikoro Region ofMali . Its seat is the town ofKolokani , which is also its largest settlement ar 13,000. It lies directly to the north ofKati Cercle . Also to the south, (surrounded by the Kati Cercle) is the Capitol District ofBamako , which after independence was carved out of the middle of the Region. The Cercle is further divided into Arrondissements and Communes. Kolokani Cercle's population as of 1998 was 196,644 people. [ [http://www.statoids.com/yml.html Statsoid, Population: 1998 census] .]The
Kolokani Cercle is divided into ten Arrondissements and their 10 Rural Communes: Djidieni, Guihoyo,Kolokani city, Massantola, Nonkon, Nonssombougou, Ouolodo, Sagabala, Sebekoro, and Tioribougou.Kolokani Cercle in the west center of Koulikoro Region, and covers some 11,700 km2. It is home to primarially
Bambara farmers. Kolokani forms the center of the pre-colonialBeledougou region, an area which remained staunchlyanimist after the fall of theBambara Empire . In 1915, much of the population revolted against French forced conscription in a rising led byKoumi Diosse Traore . The north of the Cercle is dry,Sahel land, primarially used for livestock, and runs along the interface of the wetter Sudan to the south.References
*See [http://mali-reforme-telecom.mctmtl.com/ PROJET DE RÉFORME DU SECTEUR DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS AU MALI] : Government of Mali, Project for Reform of the Telecomunications Sector. (2001-2002). Site includes 1998 population figures for all Cercles and Communes, and administrative structure as of 2001. [http://mali-reforme-telecom.mctmtl.com/MaliArp.exe Cartographie des infrastructures communales du Mali] and [http://mali-reforme-telecom.mctmtl.com/previsions.pdf Prévisions de desserte des communes pour la période de 2001-2005] .
* [http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/ml01.html Regions, Cercles and Places in Mali] , African Development Information Services Database. Contains listing of Arrondissements under each Cercle page, as well as some Communes and places of interest in each Cercle.
*Pascal James Imperato. Historical Dictionary of Mali. Scarecrow Press/ Metuchen. NJ - London (1986) ISBN 0810813696
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