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Tessit is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 6,717.

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Tessit
Settlement.settlement_type
Commune and town
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Mali
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bottom
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300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Mali
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Gao Region
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Cercle
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Ansongo Cercle
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Control
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para
Settlement.p1
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
1998
Settlement.population_total
6717
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Tessit is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 6,717.

Between March 15 and 16, 2021, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara fighters clashed with Malian and French troops over control of a Malian military base, with ISGS jihadists overrunning the coalition and taking over the town.

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