Diangassagou

Village in Mopti Region, Mali
13°59′46″N 3°56′28″W / 13.99611°N 3.94111°W / 13.99611; -3.94111Country MaliRegionMopti RegionCercleBandiagara CercleCommuneTimniriTime zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Diangassagou (also spelled Diemessogou; locally pronounced Jèmè-sùgû:) is a village and seat of the commune of Timniri in the Cercle of Bandiagara of the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali.[1]

Diangassagou consists of a compact village cluster located on a plateau. An old iron ore quarry is located in the vicinity of Diangassagou. Tomo Kan is spoken in the village of Diangassagou. Local surnames are Minta, Sanafo, Toulema, and Pamatek.[2]

References

  1. ^ Communes de la Région de Mopti (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.
  2. ^ Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Dianggassagou (Diemessogou)". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
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