Madiama Explained

Madiama
Settlement Type:Commune and village
Pushpin Map:Mali
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mali
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mali
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Mopti Region
Subdivision Type2:Cercle
Subdivision Name2:Djenné Cercle
Population As Of:2009 Census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:12406
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities[2]
Population Blank1:Marka, Fulani, Bambara
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:13.8°N -28°W

Madiama is a rural commune and village in the Cercle of Djenné in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains ten villages.

The commune lies to the west of the main RN6 highway linking Bamako with Gao and is crossed by the spur road linking the highway with the Djenné ferry across the Bani River. The commune is bounded on its west side by the urban commune of Djenné and the commune of Dandougou Fakala.[3]

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  3. . The report includes low resolution maps obtained from screen-dumps which show the boundaries of communes within the Djenné Cercle.