Djenné

Djenné is a city in , famous for its mosque, which is the biggest mudbrick building in the world. As of 1987, the city had a population of 12,000. Djenné has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: City with 40,500 residents
  • Description: town and urban commune in Mali
  • Also known as: “Djenne”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Djenné-Djenno.

Archaeological site
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Djenné-Djeno is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Valley in the country of . Literally translated to "ancient Djenné", it is the original site of Djenné and is considered to be among the oldest urbanized centers and best-known archaeological sites in .

Djenné

Latitude
13.9052° or 13° 54′ 19″ north
Longitude
-4.5549° or 4° 33′ 18″ west
Population
40,500
Elevation
278 metres (912 feet)
Open location code
7C5QWC4W+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2464146322
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2458589
Wiki­data ID
Q213507
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Djenné” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جني”
  • Arabic: “جيني”
  • Arabic: “جينيه”
  • Armenian: “Ջեննե”
  • Asturian: “Djenné”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cenne”
  • Bambara: “Djenne”
  • Bambara: “Jene”
  • Bambara: “Jɛ̀nɛ”
  • Basque: “Djenné”
  • Bengali: “জেনে”
  • Bulgarian: “Джене”
  • Burmese: “ဂျင်းနေမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Djenne”
  • Catalan: “Djenné”
  • Cebuano: “Djénné”
  • Chinese: “Djenné”
  • Chinese: “傑內”
  • Chinese: “杰内”
  • Croatian: “Djenné”
  • Czech: “Djenné”
  • Danish: “Djenné”
  • Dutch: “Djenne”
  • Dutch: “Djenné”
  • Esperanto: “Djenne”
  • Esperanto: “Djenné”
  • Estonian: “Djenne”
  • Estonian: “Djenné”
  • Finnish: “Djenne”
  • Finnish: “Djenné”
  • Finnish: “Jenne”
  • French: “Djenne”
  • French: “Djenné”
  • French: “Djénné”
  • French: “Jenné”
  • Galician: “Djenné”
  • Georgian: “ჯენე”
  • German: “Djenne”
  • German: “Djenné”
  • Greek: “Ντζενέ”
  • Greek: “Ντζεννέ”
  • Greek: “Τζενέ”
  • Hausa: “Djenné”
  • Hebrew: “ג’נה”
  • Hebrew: “דז’נה”
  • Hindi: “जीनी का पूराना शहर”
  • Hindi: “जेने”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsenné”
  • Icelandic: “Djenné”
  • Indonesian: “Djenne”
  • Indonesian: “Djenné”
  • Italian: “Djenne”
  • Italian: “Djenné”
  • Japanese: “ジェンネ”
  • Japanese: “ジェンネ旧市街”
  • Korean: “젠네”
  • Kotava: “Djenné”
  • Latin: “Ginea”
  • Latvian: “Dženne”
  • Lithuanian: “Dženė”
  • Luxembourgish: “Djenné”
  • Malay: “Djenné”
  • Maltese: “Djenne”
  • Maltese: “Djenné”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Djenné”
  • Moksha: “Джэннэ”
  • N'Ko: “ߖߍ߬ߣߍ߫”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Djenne”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Djenné”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Djenné”
  • Norwegian: “Djenné”
  • Persian: “جنه”
  • Polish: “Djenne”
  • Polish: “Djenné”
  • Polish: “Dżenne”
  • Portuguese: “Djenne”
  • Portuguese: “Djenné”
  • Portuguese: “Jené”
  • Russian: “Джене”
  • Russian: “Дженне”
  • Scots: “Djenné”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Djenne”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Djenné”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Džene”
  • Slovak: “Djenné”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جنه”
  • Spanish: “Djenne”
  • Spanish: “Djenné”
  • Spanish: “Jenne”
  • Spanish: “Yenne”
  • Spanish: “Yenné”
  • Swedish: “Djenné”
  • Tatar: “Дҗәннә”
  • Thai: “เจนเน”
  • Turkish: “Cenne”
  • Ukrainian: “Дженне”
  • Urdu: “جینے شہر”
  • Uzbek: “Djenné”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Djenné”
  • Welsh: “Djenne”
  • Welsh: “Djenné”
  • Welsh: “Jenne”
  • Western Armenian: “Ճենէ (Մալի)”
  • Western Armenian: “Ճենէ”
  • Wu Chinese: “杰内”
  • Yoruba: “Djenne”
  • Yoruba: “Djenné”
  • Yoruba: “Jenne”
  • Yoruba: “Jenné”

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