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Tombouctou Region or Timbuktu Region ( Bambara: ߕߎߡߎߕߎ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ, Tumutu Dineja) is one of the administrative regions of Mali. For administrative purposes, the region is subdivided into five cercles . The region is part of northern Mali that was separated and declared independent by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad ...
It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali, having a population of 54,453 in the 2009 census. Archaeological evidence suggests prehistoric settlements in the region, predating the city's Islamic scholarly and trade prominence in the medieval period.
- 261 m (856 ft)
- Mali
Also spelled: Tombouctou. Timbuktu région, Mali. Timbuktu, région, northern Mali, West Africa, bordering Mauritania on the northwest, Algeria on the northeast, and the régions of Gao on the east and Mopti and Ségou on the south. Timbuktu région was created in 1977 from the western part of Gao région.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Timbuktu, city in the western African country of Mali, historically important as a trading post on the trans-Saharan caravan route and as a centre of Islamic culture ( c. 1400–1600). It is located on the southern edge of the Sahara, about 8 miles (13 km) north of the Niger River.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
As capital of the seventh Malian region, Tombouctou Region, Timbuktu is the seat of the regional governor. Colonel Mamadou Mangara took over from Colonel Mamadou Togola in 2008.
Tombouctou. Dotée de la prestigieuse université coranique de Sankoré et d'autres medersa, Tombouctou était aux XV e et XVI e siècles une capitale intellectuelle et spirituelle et un centre de propagation de l'islam en Afrique. Ses trois grandes mosquées (Djingareyber, Sankoré et Sidi Yahia) témoignent de son âge d'or.
Feb 22, 2019 · Timbuktu is a city located near the Niger River in modern-day Mali in West Africa. The area around Timbuktu has been inhabited since the Neolithic period as evidenced by Iron Age tumuli, megaliths and remains of now abandoned villages.
