| Gao | |
| Settlement Type: | Cercle |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mali |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gao Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gao |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 31250 |
| Population As Of: | 2009 census |
| Population Total: | 239853 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
Gao Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Gao Region of north-eastern Mali. The administrative center (chef-lieu) is the town of Gao.
During the Northern Mali conflict in 2012, the main Tuareg rebel group, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) lost the region to the Islamist groups Ansar Dine, Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). In 2013, the Islamists then lost most of the region to French and Malian soldiers.
The cercle is divided into seven communes:[2]