Guidimé

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.

An 1892 map of Guidioume

Guidimé
Commune
Yélimané Location in Mali
Coordinates: 15°07′05″N 10°34′19″W
Country	Mali
Region	Kayes Region
Cercle	Yélimané Cercle
Admin HQ (Chef-lieu)	Yélimané
Area [1]
• Total	720 km2 (280 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[2]
• Total	44,019
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

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.^[3]