Guidimé
Guidimé | |
|---|---|
Yélimané Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 15°07′05″N 10°34′19″W / 15.118°N 10.572°W | |
| Country | Mali |
| Region | Kayes Region |
| Cercle | Yélimané Cercle |
| Admin HQ (Chef-lieu) | Yélimané |
| Area | |
• Total | 720 km2 (280 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 44,019 |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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.
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.