Timbuktu Cercle
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Timbuktu Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Tombouctou Region of Mali. It is the largest cercle by area in the whole of Mali. The capital lies at the city of Timbuktu. The cercle is divided into rural and urban communes, and below this, quarters/villages. In the 2009 census the cercle had a population of 124,546.
Communes
Timbuktu Cercle contains the following six 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 }}.
- Alafia
- Ber
- Bourem-Inaly
- Lafia
- Salam
- Timbuktu (Tombouctou) (an urban commune)
References
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{{Cercles of Mali}}
{{Communes of the Tombouctou Region}}
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