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Tessit
Tessit | |
|---|---|
Commune and town | |
  Tessit Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 15°13′N 0°18′W / 15.217°N 0.300°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Gao Region |
| Cercle | Ansongo Cercle |
| Control |  Islamic State in the Greater Sahara |
| Population (1998) | |
• Total | 6,717 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Tessit is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 6,717.[1]
Between March 15 and 16, 2021, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara fighters clashed with Malian and French troops over control of a Malian military base, with ISGS jihadists overrunning the coalition and taking over the town.
- ^ "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 13, 2009.
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