Gourma-Rharous Explained

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.

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