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Djenné-Djenno

Mali Empire · Mali

Field notes

civilizations: Mali Empire
types: City
occupied: 250 BCE — 1,400 CE
country: Mali

The site

Djenné-Djenno is one of the oldest urban settlements in sub-Saharan Africa, a city occupied from around 250 BCE to 1400 CE in the inland delta of Mali. Long a center of trade and craft, its ruins are protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It stands as vivid evidence of an indigenous West African urban tradition reaching back more than two thousand years.

Nearby sites

~2 km

Djenné

~144 km

Bandiagara Escarpment