Gargando

Gargando is a small town located in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The people are mainly from subdivisions of the Kel Ansar tribe (which traces its origin to the Ansar of Medina). The village has many educated Touareg people.

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Vinony's link graph records 74 inbound references to Gargando, and connects out to Mali, time zone and geographic coordinate system.

The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Tombouctou Region.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Gargando
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and Commune
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mali
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
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: Goundam Cercle
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Abdoulahi Ag Hamouna
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2009
Settlement.population_total: 7950
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone: GMT

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of Mali
Country: Mali
Located in: Timbuktu Region
Elevation: 323

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The diaspora of Gargando people is spread throughout Mali and includes the Cherifène, the Kel Razaf, the Idanane, the Kel Tinakawate, the Kel Indierene, the Kel Emmimalane etc. The current chief of the Kel Antessar tribe, Mohamed Elmehdi Ag Attaher, comes from Gargando, although the geographical borders of the town do not correspond to the sociological classification of the inhabitants.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gargando” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.