Kirchamba Explained

Kirchamba
Settlement Type:Commune and village
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mali
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mali
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Tombouctou Region
Subdivision Type2:Cercle
Subdivision Name2:Diré Cercle
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:1998
Population Total:2305
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+0
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:BWh

Kirchamba is a village and commune of the Cercle of Diré in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 2,305.[1]

History

Kirchamba was founded by the Kehath (Ka'ti) family, Spanish Sephardi Jews who were descended from Ismael Jan Kot Al-yahudi of Scheida in Southern Morocco. The Kehath (Ka'ti) family settled in the Songhai Empire in 1492. The Kehath family later converted to Islam along with the rest of the local non-Muslim population.[2] [3]

See also

References

16.35°N -18°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Previsions de desserte des communes pour la periode de 2001-2005 . Mali Reforme Telecom . February 23, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040829024117/http://mali-reforme-telecom.mctmtl.com/previsions.pdf . August 29, 2004 .
  2. Web site: Timbuktu . 2022-03-27.
  3. Web site: Timbuktu (Mali) . . 2022-03-27.