Gao Region

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gao_Region

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:region
gptkbp:area	89,532 km²
gptkbp:borders	gptkb:Burkina_Faso gptkb:Niger gptkb:Tombouctou_Region gptkb:Kidal_Region
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Gao
gptkbp:climate	arid
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Ansongo gptkb:Bourem gptkb:Gao_(Cercle) gptkb:Menaka_(historically,_before_2016)
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Mali
gptkbp:established	1998
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Tuareg gptkb:Tamasheq gptkb:Bozo Fulani Songhai
gptkbp:governor	Sidiki Samaké (as of 2023)
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	center of Songhai Empire
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code	gptkb:ML-7
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Mali
gptkbp:mainRiver	gptkb:Niger_River
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:2012_Northern_Mali_conflict
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:French
gptkbp:population	2,344,251
gptkbp:timezone	gptkb:GMT
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	gptkb:Tomb_of_Askia
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Tomb_of_Askia
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Gao Region