Gao

Gao is a city in and the capital of the . The city is located on the River Niger, 320 km east-southeast of on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley.
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  • City with about 49,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 230 metres (740 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code GAQ
  • Description: city in Mali
  • Also known as
    “Gaawo”
    “Gawgaw”
    “Kawkaw”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tomb of Askia Unesco world heritage site.
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The Tomb of Askia, in Gao, , is believed to be the…

Gao

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Latitude
16.2788° or 16° 16′ 44″ north
Longitude
-0.0412° or 0° 2′ 29″ west
UN/LOCODE
ML GAQ
Open location code
7C8X7XH5+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 89918976
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2457163
Wiki­data ID
Q188904

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Gao” goes by many names.
GaoAfrikaans
ጋዎAmharic
جاوArabic
غاوArabic
قاوArabic
قاوىArabic
كاغوArabic
ԳաոArmenian
GaoAzerbaijani
GaoBambara
GàwóBambara
GaoBasque
গাওBengali
GaoBosnian
GaoBreton
ГаоBulgarian
GaoCatalan
加奥Chinese
加奧Chinese
GaoCzech
GaoDanish
GaoDutch
GaoEsperanto
GaoEstonian
GaoFinnish
GaoFrench
გაოGeorgian
GaoGerman
KaukauGerman
ΓκάοGreek
ગાઓGujarati
GaoHausa
Gao (gari)Hausa
גאוHebrew
गाओHindi
GaoHungarian
GaoIndonesian
Gao, MaliIndonesian
GaoInterlingue
GaoItalian
ガオJapanese
GaoJavanese
GaoKabyle
ಗಾಒKannada
ГаоKazakh
ГаоKirghiz
가오Korean
GagosLatin
GaoLatvian
GaoLithuanian
GaoMalagasy
Gao (any Malỳ)Malagasy
GaoMalay
गाओMarathi
GaoMin Nan Chinese
ߜ߭ߊ߬ߏ߫N'Ko
GaoNorthern Frisian
GaoNorwegian
GaoNorwegian Bokmål
GaoNorwegian Nynorsk
GaoOromo
ਗਾਓPanjabi
گائوPersian
GaoPolish
GaoPortuguese
غاوPushto
GaoRomanian
ГаоRussian
GaoScots
ГаоSerbian
GaoSerbo-Croatian
GaoSicilian
GaoSilesian
ගාවෝSinhala
GaoSlovak
GaoSlovenian
GaoSomali
قائوSouth Azerbaijani
GaoSpanish
GaoSwahili
GaoSwedish
Gao, MaliSwedish
ГаоTajik
காவோTamil
ГаоTatar
Гао шәһәреTatar
గావోTelugu
กาโอThai
GaoTurkish
ГаоUkrainian
ҐаоUkrainian
GaoUrdu
گاوUrdu
GaoUzbek
GaoVietnamese
GaoWaray (Philippines)
加奥Wu Chinese
GaoYoruba

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