🏛️ Timbuktu

Mali · Africa · Cultural · 16.77°N, 3.00°W

Timbuktu is a city in Mali, situated 20 kilometres north of the Niger River. It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the 19 administrative regions of Mali, with a population of around eighty-four thousand people in the 2023 census.

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Quick facts

Country	Mali
Continent / region	Africa
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	16.77°N, 3.00°W · view on map

Timbuktu is a cultural World Heritage site in Mali, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Timbuktu was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Old Towns of Djenné · Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) · Tomb of Askia.

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