Gargando is a small town located in the
Tombouctou Region
Tombouctou Region ( Bambara: ߕߎߡߎߕߎ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Tumutu Dineja) is one of the administrative regions of Mali. For administrative purposes, the region is subdivided into five cercles.
The region is part of northern Mali that was separ ...
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. Mal ...
. The people are mainly from subdivisions of the Kel Ansar tribe (which traces its origin to the Ansar of
Medina
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). The village has many educated
Touareg
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people.
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.
The Commune Rurale of Gargando was created by Law 96-059 of 4 November 1996. It is bordered on the north by the Commune Rurale of
Adarmalane
Adarmalane also D'adarmalane is a rural commune of the Cercle of Goudam in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. It lies to the south of Lake Faguibine
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, on the northwest by the Commune Rurale of
Râz-El-Mâ, on the northeast by the Commune of
M'Bouna, on the east by the communes of
Télé and
Goundam
Goundam is a commune and town in north central Mali, in the Tombouctou Region. It is the capital of Goundam Cercle, one of five subdivisions of the Region. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 16,253. The main ethnic groups are So ...
, on the west by the Commune Rurale of Télemsi and that of Aljounoub, on the southwest by the communes of
Djanké and
Soumpi, on the south by the Commune of
Soboundou
Soboundou is a commune of the Cercle of Niafunké in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The administrative center (''chef-lieu'') is the town of Niafunké
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, and on the southeast by the Commune Rurale of
Tonka
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.
The population of the 2009 Census was 7,950. The population is Tamacheq.
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National government is represented by the Sub-Prefect, the national health service by the Chief of the Medical Post, and the national education service by the directors of schools.
References
Populated places in Tombouctou Region
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