| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:city 
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                                | gptkbp:airport | gptkb:Timbuktu_Airport 
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                                | gptkbp:climate | hot desert climate 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:Mali 
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                                | gptkbp:distanceFromBamako | about 1,000 km northeast 
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                                | gptkbp:elevation | 261 meters 
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                                | gptkbp:founded | 12th century 
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                                | gptkbp:historicalSignificance | center of Islamic learning center of trans-Saharan trade
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Djinguereber_Mosque gptkb:Sidi_Yahya_Mosque
 gptkb:Sankore_Madrasah
 gptkb:manuscript
 historical Islamic scholarship
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Arabic gptkb:French
 gptkb:Tamasheq
 Songhai
 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedNear | gptkb:Niger_River 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedOn | southern edge of the Sahara Desert 
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                                | gptkbp:mayor | Sidiki Aboubacrine (as of 2016) 
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                                | gptkbp:nickname | gptkb:The_City_of_333_Saints 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | manuscript libraries damaged in 2012-2013 conflict occupied by Tuareg rebels in 2012
 
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                                | gptkbp:population | approximately 54,000 (as of 2009 census) 
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                                | gptkbp:postalCode | 52000 
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                                | gptkbp:region | gptkb:Tombouctou_Region 
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                                | gptkbp:timezone | gptkb:GMT 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | yes 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Tempe,_Arizona,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Timbuktu, Mali 
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