Kangaba
Kangaba is a town, commune, and seat of the Kangaba Cercle in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali.[2]
Kangaba | |
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Commune and town | |
 Entrance to Kangaba | |
  Kangaba Location in Mali  Kangaba Kangaba (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 11°56′N 8°25′W | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Koulikoro Region |
| Cercle | Kangaba Cercle |
| Population | |
| • Total | 17,232 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
The area was once the Kangaba Province under the Mali Empire.[3]
Kamablon, a circular brick building with a conical-shaped roof, exists in a bara, or large public place, at the center of town.[4] It is currently being considered as a UNESCO World Heritage cultural site.[4] The septennial re-roofing ceremony is listed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as of 2009.
References
- "Kangaba - TipTopGlobe".
- "Previsions de desserte des communes pour la periode de 2001-2005" (PDF). Mali Reforme Telecom. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
- Wilks,Ivor. Wangara, Akan, and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (1997). Bakewell, Peter (ed.). Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. Aldershot: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. pp. 16–17.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Kamablon - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved on 2009-03-27.
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