Kolosso | |
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Commune and town | |
  Kolosso Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 11°07′N6°33′W / 11.117°N 6.550°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Sikasso Region |
| Cercle | Kolondieba Cercle |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 5,246 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Kolosso is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Kolondieba in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. In 1998, the commune had a population of 5,246 people. [1]
A commune is the third-level administrative unit in Mali. Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district (Bamako). These subdivisions bear the name of their principal city. The regions are divided into 49 cercles. The cercles and the district are divided into 703 communes, with 36 urban communes and 667 rural communes, while some larger cercles still contain arrondissements above the commune level, these are organisational areas with no independent power or office. Rural communes are subdivided into villages, while urban communes are subdivided into quartier. Communes usually bear the name of their principal town. The capital, Bamako, consists of six urban communes. There were initially 701 communes until Law No. 01-043 of 7 June 2001 created two new rural communes in the desert region in the north east of the country: Alata, Ménaka Cercle in the Gao Region and Intadjedite, Tin-Essako Cercle in the Kidal Region.
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Tiankadi is a commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 70 square kilometers and includes three villages. In the 2009 census it had a population of 4,674. The village of Zibangolola, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 60 km northwest of Sikasso.
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