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.Stéphanie Lima, « L’émergence d’une toponymie plurielle au Mali », L’Espace Politique [En ligne], 5 | 2008-2, mis en ligne le 17 décembre 2008, consulté le 14 septembre 2025. URL : https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/1115; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.1115
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