Djenné

Also known as Djenne

Djenné (; also known as Djénné, Jenné, and Jenne) is a town and urban commune in the Inland Niger Delta region of central Mali. The town is the administrative centre of the Djenné Cercle, one of the eight subdivisions of the Mopti Region. The commune includes ten of the surrounding villages and in 2009 had a population of 32,944.

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Djenné is a town in central Mali's Inland Niger Delta region that serves as the administrative center for the Djenné Cercle, one of the eight subdivisions of the Mopti Region. As of 2009, the commune encompassed ten surrounding villages and had a population of nearly 33,000 people.

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Settlement.name: Djenné
Settlement.native_name: Jenne (Djenné Chiini Songhay)
Settlement.nickname: Town of 313 Saints (Ville aux 313 saints)
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune and town
Settlement.translit_lang1: Names
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Bambara
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Djenné Chiini
Settlement.image_skyline: Moschee von Djenné.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Street market and Great Mosque of Djenné
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mali
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Mopti Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Cercle
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Djenné Cercle
Settlement.area_total_ha: 48,5
Settlement.elevation_m: 278
Settlement.population_as_of: 2009

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Area: 302
Elevation: 278
Image: Djenné.jpg

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21 sections

Contents

Geography
Climate
Annual flood
Talo dam
Djenné dam
History
[[Djenné-Jeno]]
Mali Empire
Songhai Empire
After the Songhai
Architecture
Great Mosque
World Heritage status
Economy
Sights
Demographics
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

The history of Djenné is closely linked with that of Timbuktu. Between the 15th and 17th centuries much of the trans-Saharan trade in goods such as salt, gold, and slaves that moved in and out of Timbuktu passed through Djenné. Both towns became centres of Islamic scholarship. Djenné's prosperity depended on this trade and when the Portuguese established trading posts on the African coast, the importance of the trans-Saharan trade and thus of Djenné declined.