Diré

Dire may refer to:

• Dire Tune (born 19 June, 1985), an Ethiopian long-distance runner;
• Dire Tladi, a professor of international law at the Department of Public Law and the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria;

Diré is a town and commune on the left bank of the Niger River in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. In the 2009 census the population of the commune was 22,365. The town is the administrative center of the Diré Cercle. There are several languages spoken, but the main language is Songhay. The population is predominantly Muslim. Situated on the Niger River, the principal industries are agriculture and commerce.