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Sangha, Mali

Summary

Sangha (sometimes spelled Sanga) is a rural commune in the Cercle of Bandigara in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains around 44 small villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 32,513. The administrative centre (chef-lieu) is the village of Sangha Ogol Leye, one of a cluster of at least 10 small villages at the top of the Bandiagara Escarpment.

Sangha
Commune
Sangha is located in Mali
Sangha
Sangha
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°27′54″N 3°18′22″W / 14.46500°N 3.30611°W / 14.46500; -3.30611
Country Mali
RegionMopti Region
CercleBandiagara Cercle
Population
 (2009 census)[1]
 • Total32,513
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

The commune is known as a centre for Dogon traditional religion with many temples and shrines, and as a base for visitors to the local Dogon villages. Toro So is spoken in the village of Sangha.[2] Most of the ethnographic work by Marcel Griaule was carried out among the Dogon of Sangha.

Gallery edit

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    Multicoloured clothing at Sangha market, 1992
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    Women with children and cassava roots at Sangha market, 1992
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    A toguna at Sangha, 2006
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    View of Sangha, 2007
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    Multistoried masks during a dance in Sangha, 2007
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    Door of the house of the Hogon in Sangha, Ogol quarter, 2007

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  2. ^ Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Sangha". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.

External links edit

  • Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Sangha 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006.
  • Map of Mopti and Dogon country, ND 30-6, 1:250,000, University of Texas, US Army, 1954.

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