Ménaka
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Ménaka (Berber: ⵎⵏⴾⴰ) is a town and urban commune in Ménaka Cercle and Ménaka Region in eastern Mali. It is the seat and the largest town in the cercle and region. The town is set amidst the rocky outcrops of the Ader Douchi hills, and is served by Ménaka Airport. As of September of 2024, the town has been taken under control by the Malian government and the Plateforme, however they are under siege by the ISSP.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ménaka
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Menaka.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mali
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ménaka
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- Cercle
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- Ménaka
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 20702
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- auto
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- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ménaka
- Population
- 20702
- Elevation
- 302
- Image
- Menaka.jpg
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- Ménaka
- Commons category
- Menaka (Mali)
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Ménaka (Berber: ⵎⵏⴾⴰ) is a town and urban commune in Ménaka Cercle and Ménaka Region in eastern Mali. It is the seat and the largest town in the cercle and region. The town is set amidst the rocky outcrops of the Ader Douchi hills, and is served by Ménaka Airport. As of September of 2024, the town has been taken under control by the Malian government and the Plateforme, however they are under siege by the ISSP.
==Tuareg rebellions== The Ménaka area was a center of Ag El Insar Firhoun's Malian rising of larger 1916 Tuareg Rebellion, and was a government garrison town in the 1961–1964, 1990–1995, and the 2007–2009 Tuareg Rebellions. Most recently, Ménaka was put under siege and the military post sacked by former rebels who had been integrated into the Malian Army in a short term rising in May–July 2006. The current May 23, 2006 Democratic Alliance for Change rebel group dates from this siege.
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