In front of the
Motel - SEVARE - Republic of MALI
BP 41 - MOPTI - Republic of MALI
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GAO
City of the Askias
Capital of the Seventh Administrative region of Mali, situated
424 kilometres from Timbuktu
and more than 1 000 kilometres from Bamako, the town was founded
between 670 and 690 anno domini
by Sorko fishermen and Gaw hunters who gave it their name.
PLACES TO VISIT
The monument of the Askias' tomb, the Songhai emperors
The Natural Preserve of Ansongo Menaka 88 kilometres from Gao.
Koukia: superb Isle on theNiger about forty kilometres from Ansongo.
The Epigraphic steles of the XIIth century in Sane Necropolis.
the Fossil Valley of Tilemsi.
The Pink Dune