Kéniéba | |
Settlement Type: | Cercle |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mali |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kayes Region |
Seat Type: | Admin HQ (Chef-lieu) |
Area Total Km2: | 35250 |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 194153 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Kéniéba Cercle is a subdivision of the Kayes Region of Mali. The administrative center (chef-lieu) is the town of Kéniéba.
Kéniéba Cercle contains the Malian section of the hilly Bambouk region, the historic gold mining region of the Ghana Empire and the Mali Empire. Kéniéba Cercle is divided from the Senegalese Bambouk by the valley of the Falémé River.
The cercle is subdivided into twelve communes:[2]