Bamba (Mali)

Bamba
Bamba
Coordinates	17 ° 2 ′  N , 1 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 2 ′  N , 1 ° 24 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Mali
region	Gao
height	260 m
Residents	28,524 (2009 census)

Bamba is a city and rural community in central Mali . The city is located on the banks of the Niger River , 190 kilometers east of Timbuktu and 230 kilometers northwest of Gao . The municipality of Bamba consists of 19 smaller villages and seven nomadic groups, including mainly Songhai , but also Tuareg and Bozo . At the 2009 census , the parish had about 29,000 inhabitants.

Ted Joans wrote a poem on Bamba entitled Le fou de Bamba (Eng .: The madness of Bamba ).

Picture gallery

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  Bamba Town Hall (2008)

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  Bamba harbor and beach (2008)

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  Prehistoric mill in Bamba (2008)