{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Douentza Cercle |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type =Cercle |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = Cercle of Douentza.png |mapsize =300px |map_caption = Location of the Cercle of Douentza in Mali |pushpin_map = Mali<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mali}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Mopti Region |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = | seat_type =Admin HQ (''chef-lieu'') | seat =Douentza |<!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =<!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes =<ref name=USAID>{{citation | title=Synthèsis des Plans de Securité Alimentaire des Communes du Cercle de Douentza 2006-2010 | publisher=Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali | year=2006 | url=http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/mopti/douentza/psa_synthese_dtza.pdf | language=fr | access-date=2011-02-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720011619/http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/mopti/douentza/psa_synthese_dtza.pdf | archive-date=2011-07-20 | url-status=dead }}.</ref> |area_total_km2 =23481 <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2009 census |population_footnotes =<ref name=pop2009>{{citation |url = http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/mopti.pdf |publisher = République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique |title = Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) |language = fr |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120727120129/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/mopti.pdf |archive-date = 2012-07-27 }}</ref> |population_note = |population_total =247794 |population_density_km2 =auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone =GMT |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|15|05|N|2|40|W|dim:330000_region:ML-5_type:adm2nd_source:dewiki|display=it}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}
''' Douentza Cercle ''' is an administrative subdivision of the Mopti Region of Mali. The administrative center (''chef-lieu'') is the town of Douentza.
During the Tuareg rebellion of 2012, it was the southernmost part of the state of Azawad, according to the April 2012 MNLA's territorial claim. From June 2012, it was claimed by a series of rival Islamist and local militias.
The route of the annual circular migration of the Gourma elephants crosses a number of communes in the cercles of Douentza and Gourma-Rharous (Tombouctou Region).<ref>{{citation | title=Community engagement at Lake Banzena | year=2011 | publisher=Wild Foundation | url=http://www.slideshare.net/wildfoundation/community-process-may11 | access-date=7 May 2012 }}.</ref><ref>{{ citation | last1= Blake | first1= S. | last2= Bouché | first2= P. | last3= Rasmussen | first3= H. | last4= Orlando | first4= A. | last5= Douglas-Hamilton | first5= I. | year= 2003 | title= The Last Sahelian Elephants: Ranging Behavior, Population Status and Recent History of the Desert Elephants of Mali | publisher= Save the Elephants | url= http://www.savetheelephants.org/files/pdf/publications/2003%20Blake%20et%20al%20%20The%20last%20Sahelian%20elephants.pdf | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120511044612/http://www.savetheelephants.org/files/pdf/publications/2003%20Blake%20et%20al%20%20The%20last%20Sahelian%20elephants.pdf | archive-date= 2012-05-11 }}.</ref><ref>{{citation | last1= Canney | first1= S. | last2= Lindsey | first2= K. | last3= Hema | first3= E. | last4= Douglas-Hamilton | first4= I. | last5= Martin | first5= V. | year= 2007 | title= The Mali elephant initiative: synthesis of knowledge, research and recommendations about the population, its range and the threats to the elephants of the Gourma | publisher= Save the Elephants | url= http://www.savetheelephants.org/files/pdf/publications/2007%20The%20WILD%20Foundation%20et%20al%20The%20Mali%20elephant%20initiative%20synthesis%20of%20knowledge.pdf | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120511045808/http://www.savetheelephants.org/files/pdf/publications/2007%20The%20WILD%20Foundation%20et%20al%20The%20Mali%20elephant%20initiative%20synthesis%20of%20knowledge.pdf | archive-date= 2012-05-11 }}.</ref>
The cercle is divided into 15 communes:<ref>{{citation|year=1999 |title=Loi N°99-035/ du 10 Aout 1999 Portant Création des Collectivités Territoriales de Cercles et de Régions |url=http://www.matcl.gov.ml/PDF/LoiCreationCercleReg.pdf |publisher=Ministère de l'Administration Territoriales et des Collectivités Locales, République du Mali |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309073942/http://www.matcl.gov.ml/PDF/LoiCreationCercleReg.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-09 }}.</ref> {{colbegin}} *Dallah *Dangol Boré *Débéré *Dianwéli *Djaptodji *Douentza *Gandamia *Haïré *Hombori *Kéréna *Korarou *Koubéwel Koundia *Mondoro *Pétaka *Tédjé {{colend}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Cercles of Mali}} {{Communes of the Mopti Region}}
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