- Kati Cercle
Kati Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the
Koulikoro Region ofMali . Its seat is the city ofKati , which is also its largest city. It lies at the southwest corner of the region, and completely surrounds theBamako Capitol District . Until the capitol was hived off in 1977, the combined Cercle was called Bamako Cercle, with the capitol city as its seat. Kati Cercle's population as of 1998 was 458,333 people, making it the third most populous Cercle in the nation. [ [http://www.statoids.com/yml.html Statsoid, Population: 1998 census] .]The
Kati Cercle is divided into 37 Arrondissements and their constituent communes.Kati Cercle is home to primarially
Bambara farmers, as well asBozo andFula populations. The Kati area formed part of the pre-colonialBeledougou region of theBambara Empire , and was amongst the first places colonised by the French in the last decade of the 19th century.The Cercle falls largely south of the dryer
Sahel land, in the wetter Sudan. Through it runs the fertile valley of theNiger River , home togroundnut ,cotton , andtobacco farms, as well as being a major transportation and fishing resource.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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