Ténenkou | |
Settlement Type: | Commune and village |
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: | Mopti Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
Subdivision Name2: | Ténenkou Cercle |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 11310 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 14.4556°N -4.9181°W |
Ténenkou (or Tenenkou; Fulah: Teenengu) is a village and commune and seat of the Ténenkou Cercle in the Mopti Region of Mali. In 2009 the commune had a population of 11,310.
The market that is held in the village on Thursdays serves many settlements in the surrounding region.[2]
Mamadou Cisse became the mayor of Tenenkou in 2004 as part of the Union for the Republic and Democracy. In 2023, Allaye Abdramane Cisse succeeded him.
Katiba Macina attacked the town in January 2015, but was repelled by Malian forces. Tenenkou was also the site of a short between the Malian army and the Coordination of Azawad Movements on May 5, 2015, which the Malian army defended against again.[3]