Timbuktu
city in Mali
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Summary
Timbuktu is a city[1]. Timbuktu ranks in the top 0.34% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,134 views/month, #19 of 5,534).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Timbuktu Region[4], Timbuktu Cercle[5]
- Country: Mali[6]
- Instance of: urban area[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Marrakesh[8], Saintes[9], Château-Chinon (Ville)[10], Chemnitz[11], Hay-on-Wye[12], Kairouan[13], Tempe[14]
- Commons category: Timbuktu[15]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[16]
- Has part(s): Djinguereber Mosque[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Timbuktu[18]
- Commons gallery: Timbuktu[19]
- Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/timbuktu/[20]
- Population: 54,453[21], 35,330[22]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Atlas of Vanishing Places[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Meyer’s Universum, Achter Band[28]
- Capital of: Azawad[29]
- Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[30]
- Official name: Tombouctou[31], تمبكتو[32]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Timbuktu[33]
- Category for people who died here: Q27212083[34]
- Demonym: Timbuctaniki[35]
- Native label: Tombouctou[36], تمبكتو[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Timbuktu[38]
- Different from: Timbuktu Region[39]
- Elevation above sea level: 261 m[40]
- Area: 14,789 ha[41]
- World Heritage criteria: (ii)[42], (iv)[43], (v)[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Timbuktu include Timbuktu Airport[45], an airport[46], in Mali[47] and Timbuktu[48], a Mars crater[49].
Why It Matters
Timbuktu has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Timbuktu is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for Timbuktu include Timbuktu Airport[45], an airport[46], in Mali[47] and Timbuktu[48], a Mars crater[49].