Tessit
Sign in to saveTessit 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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- Elevation
- 233
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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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Gao
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Gao Region
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region of Mauritania
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Ansongo
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Bourem Cercle
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Gao Cercle
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Ansongo Cercle
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Bamba
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Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
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Ouattagouna
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Bourra
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Sony Aliber
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cercle of Mali
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Bara
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