Dia, Mali

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Dia
Town
Dia

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 14°21′7″N 4°57′25″W / 14.35194°N 4.95694°W / 14.35194; -4.95694Coordinates: 14°21′7″N 4°57′25″W / 14.35194°N 4.95694°W / 14.35194; -4.95694
Country  Mali
Region Mopti Region
Cercle Ténenkou Cercle
Commune Diaka
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Dia is a small town and seat of the commune of Diaka in the Cercle of Ténenkou in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali.[2]

According to Levtzion, the Diakhanke "remember Dia in Massina as the town of their ancestor, Suware, a great marabout and a saint."[3]

References

  1. Soundjata ou l'épopée mandingue
  2. Communes de la Région de Mopti (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-19.
  3. Levtzion, Nehemia (1973). Ancient Ghana and Mali. New York: Methuen & Co Ltd. p. 168. ISBN 0841904316.

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