Ténenkou (or Tenenkou; ff, Teenengu) is a village and

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and seat of the

Ténenkou Cercle Ténenkou Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Mopti Region of Mali. Its seat is the town of Ténenkou, which is also its largest town. The cercle is divided into communes. Ténenkou Cercle contains the following ten communes: * D ...

in the Mopti Region of

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

. In 2009 the commune had a population of 11,310. The market that is held in the village on Thursdays serves many settlements in the surrounding region.

Politics

Mamadou Cisse became the mayor of Tenenkou in 2004 as part of the

Union for the Republic and Democracy The Union for the Republic and Democracy (French: ''Union pour la République et la Démocratie'', URD) is a political party in Mali, led by Soumaïla Cissé. History The party was formed by those who supported Soumaïla Cissé during the 2002 e ...

. In 2023, Allaye Abdramane Cisse succeeded him.

History

Katiba Macina attacked the town in January 2015, but was repelled by Malian forces. Tenenkou was also the site of a short between the Malian army and the

Coordination of Azawad Movements The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) is a coalition of Tuareg independence and Arab nationalist groups which formed in Mali during the Northern Mali conflict in 2014., While presiding over the CMA, Sidi Brahim Ould Sidatt was assassinated in ...

on May 5, 2015, which the Malian army defended against again.

References

External links

*. *. Communes of Mopti Region {{Mopti-geo-stub