Niafunké Cercle
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|subdivision_name1 = Tombouctou Region
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| seat =Niafunké
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|area_total_km2 =12000
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|population_as_of =2009 census
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| publisher=République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique| title=Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Tombouctou) | language=French }}
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Niafunké Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The administrative center (chef-lieu) is the town of Niafunké. In the 2009 census the cercle had a population of 184,285. The Niger River runs for 100 km through the cercle.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}
The cercle is subdivided into eight communes:{{citation | year=1999 | title=Loi N°99-035/ du 10 Aout 1999 Portant Création des Collectivités Territoriales de Cercles et de Régions | url=http://www.matcl.gov.ml/PDF/LoiCreationCercleReg.pdf | publisher=Ministère de l'Administration Territoriales et des Collectivités Locales, République du Mali | language=French | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309073942/http://www.matcl.gov.ml/PDF/LoiCreationCercleReg.pdf | archivedate=2012-03-09 }}.{{citation | title=Communes de la Région de Tombouctou | publisher=Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali | url=http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegTombouctou.pdf | language=French | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309074234/http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegTombouctou.pdf | archivedate=2012-03-09 }}.
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{{Cercles of Mali}}
{{Communes of the Tombouctou Region}}
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