Guidimé

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Guidimé
Commune
Yélimané is located in Mali
Yélimané
Yélimané
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 15°07′05″N 10°34′19″W / 15.118°N 10.572°W / 15.118; -10.572
Country Mali
RegionKayes Region
CercleYélimané Cercle
Admin HQ (Chef-lieu)Yélimané
Area
[1]
 • Total
720 km2 (280 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)[2]
 • Total
44,019
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Guidimé is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yélimané in the Kayes Region of western Mali. The commune includes twelve villages. The administrative center (chef-lieu) is the town of Yélimané. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 44,019.

An 1892 map of Guidioume

Guidimé (sometimes spelled Guidioume or Gidyume) is named after a historical dyamare (chiefdom or confederacy). It became a canton under the French colonial regime, then a commune in the early 1990s, with the traditional elective monarchy transitioning into an elective chef de canton and then mayor of the commune.[3]


References

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  1. ^ Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Guidimé 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-13.
  2. ^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Kayes) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27, retrieved 2011-01-25{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link).
  3. ^ Stéphanie Lima, « L’émergence d’une toponymie plurielle au Mali », L’Espace Politique [En ligne], 5 | 2008-2, mis en ligne le 17 décembre 2008, consulté le 14 septembre 2025. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/1115 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.1115
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