Gossi
Sign in to saveGossi is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Gourma-Rharous of the Tombouctou Region of Mali, lying northeast of Hombori and southwest of Gao. The town is just to the west of the main RN15 highway that links Mopti with Gao. It is on a seasonal lake, Mare de Gossi, and is surrounded by nature reserves in which a large herd of elephants live.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Communes of Tombouctou Region.
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and small town
- Settlement.name
- Gossi
- Settlement.image_skyline
- The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-17-15_(cropped).jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mali
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mali
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tombouctou Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Cercle
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gourma-Rharous Cercle
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 15000
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 24521
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Mali
- Country
- Mali
- Located in
- Gourma-Rharous Cercle
- Area
- 15000
- Elevation
- 236
- Image
- The National Archives UK - CO 1069-17-15 (cropped).jpg
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Gossi is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Gourma-Rharous of the Tombouctou Region of Mali, lying northeast of Hombori and southwest of Gao. The town is just to the west of the main RN15 highway that links Mopti with Gao. It is on a seasonal lake, Mare de Gossi, and is surrounded by nature reserves in which a large herd of elephants live.
The town is the site of a large cattle market. The commune contains around 31 villages and in the 2009 census, it had a population of 24,521. Around 90% of the population are nomadic pastoralists but there are permanent settlements around Lake Gossi, Lake Ebanguemalène and Lake Agoufou.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gossi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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