Essakane
Sign in to saveEssakane is a rural commune and village of the Cercle of Goundam in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The commune includes around 16 small settlements. The small village of Essakane is around 70 kilometers west of the town of Timbuktu. The commune includes Lake Faguibine and two depressions, Lake Kamango and Lake Gouber, which fill with water in years when the annual flood of the Niger River is particularly extensive.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Essakane
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mali
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tombouctou Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Cercle
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Goundam Cercle
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Commune
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Essakane
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7927
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 11238
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Mali
- Country
- Mali
- Located in
- Goundam Cercle
- Area
- 7927
- Elevation
- 364
Sources (3)
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Article · Italiano
Essakane è un comune rurale del Mali facente parte del circondario di Goundam, nella regione di Timbuctù. Ospita annualmente in gennaio il Festival au désert, luogo d'incontro per artisti africani ma anche del resto del mondo.
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