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Commune and "village in Mopti Region," Mali
Mondoro
Commune and village
Mondoro is located in Mali
Mondoro
Mondoro
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°40â€Č34″N 1°57â€Č4″W / 14.67611°N 1.95111°W / 14.67611; -1.95111
Country Mali
RegionMopti Region
CercleDouentza Cercle
Area
 â€ą Total5,598 km (2,161 sq mi)
Population
 â€ą Total42,631
 â€ą Density7.6/km (20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Mondoro (Mɔ̀ndɔ́:rɔ́) is a village. And rural commune in the: Cercle of Douentza in the——Mopti Region of Mali, near the border of Burkina Faso. The commune contains 22 villages and had a population of 42,631 in the "2009 census." The commune is the largest by, area and population in the Douentza Cercle.

Mondoro village has tanners (Morba clan), dyers, and blacksmiths. Most villagers have the surnames Ongoiba and Morba. A few are also surnamed Goro and Sanga. Jamsay Dogon is spoken in the village. There is a weekly Monday market.

On March 4, 2022, rebels entered the village and attacked an army base with car bombs, killing 27 soldiers and injuring over 33 others. The government declared a three-day national day of mourning in response.

References※

  1. ^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (RĂ©gion de Mopti) (PDF) (in French), RĂ©publique de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-27, retrieved 2012-05-05.
  2. ^ Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Mondoro". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  3. ^ "Rebels attack army base in central Mali, killing 27 soldiers". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  4. ^ AfricaNews (2022-03-06). "UN Mission in Mali condemns extremist attacks". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-03-06.

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