Gourma-Rharous | |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Pushpin Map: | Mali |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mali |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Timbuktu |
Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
Subdivision Name2: | Gourma-Rharous Cercle |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 7000 |
Population As Of: | 2009 Census |
Population Total: | 26115 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 16.88°N -1.9238°W |
Gourma-Rharous (in French pronounced as /ɡuʁma ʁaʁus/) or Rharous, is a rural commune and small town in the Timbuktu Region, Mali. The town is the administrative center of the Gourma-Rharous Cercle and lies on the right bank of the Niger River 110 km east of Timbuktu. The commune has an area of approximately 7,000 km2 and contains 29 villages.[1] In the census of 2009 it had a population of 26,115. French singer Daniel Balavoine died in a helicopter crash in Gourma-Rharous as he was leading a fund-raising effort in Africa during the 1986 Dakar Rally.