Djenné
Sign in to saveDjenné (; 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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Key facts
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- Djenné
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- Jenne (Djenné Chiini Songhay)
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- Town of 313 Saints (Ville aux 313 saints)
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- Commune and town
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- Names
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- Bambara
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- Djenné Chiini
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- Moschee von Djenné.jpg
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- Street market and Great Mosque of Djenné
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- Mali
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- Country
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- Region
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21 sectionsContents
- 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
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.
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.