Timbuktu Cercle

Timbuktu
Location of the Cercle of Timbuktu in Mali
Country Mali
RegionTombouctou Region
CapitalTimbuktu
Area
  Total
347,488 km2 (134,166 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)
  Total
124,546
  Density0.36/km2 (0.93/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Timbuktu Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Tombouctou Region of Mali. It is the largest cercle by area in the whole of Mali. The capital lies at the city of Timbuktu. The cercle is divided into rural and urban communes, and below this, quarters/villages. In the 2009 census the cercle had a population of 124,546.