Tin-Essako Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Kidal Region of Mali. The administrative center (chef-lieu) is at the village of Tin-Essako. In the 2009 census the cercle had a population of 7,976 people.[2] The cercle is the least populated in Mali and has an extreme Saharian climate.
Communes
Tin-Essako Cercle contains the following two rural communes:[3]
^Communes de la Région de Kidal(PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original(PDF) on 2012-03-09.