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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Koutiala Cercle
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Sikasso Region]]
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|area_footnotes =<ref name=USAID>{{citation | title=Synthèsis des Plans de Securité Alimentaire des Communes du Cercle Koutiala 2007-2011 | publisher=Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali | year=2007 | url=http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/sikasso/koutiala/psa_cercle_koutiala.pdf | language=fr | access-date=2011-02-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906162921/http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/sikasso/koutiala/psa_cercle_koutiala.pdf | archive-date=2011-09-06 | url-status=dead }}.</ref>
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'''Koutiala Cercle''' is an administrative subdivision of the [[Sikasso Region]] of southern [[Mali]]. The administrative center is the town of [[Koutiala]]. The [[Cercles of Mali|Cercle]] is divided into 36 [[Communes of Mali|communes]].

==Economy==
Koutiala is the heartland of the cotton production in Mali and its main town is sometimes called "the white gold capital" for its cotton.<ref name="López-Ridaura2005">{{cite book|last=López-Ridaura|first=Santiago|title=Multi-scale sustainability evaluation: a framework for the derivation and quantification of indicators for natural resource management systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kJEAAAAYAAJ|access-date=5 January 2011|year=2005|publisher=Wageningen University and Research Centre|isbn=978-90-6754-954-7}}</ref> However, the industry has been affected by stagnation since the 1980s.<ref name="BenjaminsenLund2001">{{cite book|last1=Benjaminsen|first1=Tor Arve|last2=Lund|first2=Christian|title=Politics, property and production in the West African Sahel: understanding natural resources management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Wwfaba21mgC&pg=PA263|access-date=5 January 2011|year=2001|publisher=Nordic Africa Institute|isbn=978-91-7106-476-9|page=263}}</ref> Aside from cotton it is also noted for grain production, primarily [[pearl millet]], [[sorghum]] and [[maize]].<ref name="MorrissonLecaillon">{{cite book|last1=Morrisson|first1=Christian|last2=Lecaillon|first2=Jacques|title=Economic Policies and Agricultural Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=If6MEF2bIGkC&pg=PA161|access-date=5 January 2011|publisher=OECD|page=161}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
The Cercle of Koutiala is divided into 36 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><ref>{{citation |title=Communes de la Région de Sikasso |publisher=Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali |url=http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegSikasso.pdf |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005558/http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegSikasso.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-03 }}.</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Diédougou, Sikasso|Diédougou]]
*[[Diouradougou Kafo]]
*[[Fagui]]
*[[Fakolo]]
*[[Gouadji Kao]]
*[[Goudie Sougouna|Goudié Sougouna]]
*[[Kafo Faboli]]
*[[Kapala, Koutiala|Kapala]]
*[[Karagouana Mallé]]
*[[Kolonigué]]
*[[Konina, Mali|Konina]]
*[[Koningué]]
*[[Konséquéla]]
*[[Koromo, Mali|Koromo]]
*[[Kouniana]]
*[[Koutiala]]
*[[Logouana]]
*[[M'Pessoba]]
*[[Miéna, Mali|Miéna]]
*[[N'Golonianasso]]
*[[N'Goutjina]]
*[[N'Tossoni]]
*[[Nafanga]]
*[[Nampé]]
*[[Niantaga]]
*[[Sincina]]
*[[Sinkolo]]
*[[Songo-Doubacoré]]
*[[Songoua]]
*[[Sorobasso]]
*[[Tao, Mali|Tao]]
*[[Yognogo]]
*[[Zanfigué]]
*[[Zangasso]]
*[[Zanina]]
*[[Zébala]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Cercles of Mali}}
{{Communes of the Sikasso Region}}

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[[Category:Cercles of Mali]]
[[Category:Sikasso Region]]

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