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Guiré

Guiré is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of 6,892 square kilometers and extends to the Mauritanian border. It contains 25 villages and had a population of 19,879 in the 2009 census. The town of Guiré is 90 km southeast of Nara, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the cercle.

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Guiré is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of 6,892 square kilometers and extends to the Mauritanian border. It contains 25 villages and had a population of 19,879 in the 2009 census. The town of Guiré is 90 km southeast of Nara, the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the cercle.

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  1. area: 6,892 square kilometers — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377367932

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