Yangasso | |
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: | Ségou Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
Subdivision Name2: | Bla Cercle |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 1998 |
Population Total: | 14456 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 13.0667°N -24°W |
Yangasso is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Bla in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 14,456.[1]
On 21 December 1915, a column of Senegalese Tirailleurs of the French Army was defeated here in a battle of the Volta-Bani War.[2]