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Tessit

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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Settlement.name: Tessit
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune and town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mali
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Mali
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gao Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Cercle
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ansongo Cercle
Settlement.parts_type: Control
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 1998
Settlement.population_total: 6717
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities

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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.