Télé, Mali

Télé
Commune
Hangabéra

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 16°35′23″N 3°43′32″W / 16.58972°N 3.72556°W / 16.58972; -3.72556Coordinates: 16°35′23″N 3°43′32″W / 16.58972°N 3.72556°W / 16.58972; -3.72556
Country  Mali
Region Tombouctou Region
Cercle Goundam Cercle
Admin HQ (Chef-lieu) Hangabéra
Area[1]
  Total 261 km2 (101 sq mi)
Population (2009 census)[2]
  Total 2,078
  Density 8.0/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Télé is a rural commune of the Cercle of Goundam in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The administrative center (chef-lieu) is the village of Hangabéra. The village lies to the east of Lake Télé and 20 km north of the small town of Goundam. Lake Télé is connected to the Niger River by a system of channels. When the river floods in September water flows into the southern end of the lake. Lake Télé is connected at its northern end to Lake Takara. The river water flows out of Lake Takara, across a rocky sill at Kamaïna and eventually reaches Lake Faguibine.

The commune contains four settlements:

Fatakara and Dendéguère are on the west side of Lake Télé. Hangabéra and Bougoumeira are to the east of the lake.

References

  1. Schéma directeur de lutte contre l’ensablement dans le nord du Mali (6ème et 7ème Régions): Monographie de la Commune de Télé (PDF) (in French), Groupement pour l’Aménagement et la Gestion de Forêts et l’Environnement, Ministère de l’environnement et de l’assainissement, République du Mali, 2004.
  2. Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Tombouctou) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
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