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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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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 burial place of Askia Muhammad I, one of the Songhai Empire's most prolific emperors. It was built at the end of the fifteenth century and is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Gao

Latitude
16.2788° or 16° 16′ 44″ north
Longitude
-0.0412° or 0° 2′ 29″ west
Population
58,000
Elevation
257 metres (843 feet)
IATA airport code
GAQ
United Nations Location Code
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.
  • Afrikaans: “Gao”
  • Arabic: “جاو”
  • Arabic: “غاو”
  • Arabic: “قاو”
  • Arabic: “قاوى”
  • Arabic: “كاغو”
  • Armenian: “Գաո”
  • Bambara: “Gao”
  • Bambara: “Gàwó”
  • Basque: “Gao”
  • Bengali: “গাও”
  • Bosnian: “Gao”
  • Breton: “Gao”
  • Bulgarian: “Гао”
  • Catalan: “Gao”
  • Chinese: “Gao”
  • Chinese: “加奥”
  • Chinese: “加奧”
  • Czech: “Gao”
  • Danish: “Gao”
  • Dutch: “Gao”
  • Esperanto: “Gao”
  • Estonian: “Gao”
  • Finnish: “Gao”
  • French: “Gao”
  • Georgian: “გაო”
  • German: “Gao”
  • German: “Kaukau”
  • Greek: “Γκαό”
  • Greek: “Γκάο”
  • Gujarati: “ગાઓ”
  • Hausa: “Gao (gari)”
  • Hausa: “Gao”
  • Hebrew: “גאו”
  • Hindi: “गाओ”
  • Hungarian: “Gao”
  • Indonesian: “Gao, Mali”
  • Indonesian: “Gao”
  • Interlingue: “Gao”
  • Italian: “Gao”
  • Japanese: “ガオ”
  • Kabyle: “Gao”
  • Kannada: “ಗಾಒ”
  • Korean: “가오”
  • Latin: “Gagos”
  • Latvian: “Gao”
  • Lithuanian: “Gao”
  • Malagasy: “Gao (any Malỳ)”
  • Malagasy: “Gao”
  • Malay: “Gao”
  • Marathi: “गाओ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gao”
  • N'Ko: “ߜ߭ߊ߬ߏ߫”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gao”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gao”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gao”
  • Norwegian: “Gao”
  • Persian: “گائو”
  • Polish: “Gao”
  • Portuguese: “Gao”
  • Romanian: “Gao”
  • Russian: “Гао”
  • Scots: “Gao”
  • Serbian: “Гао”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gao”
  • Sicilian: “Gao”
  • Silesian: “Gao”
  • Sinhala: “ගාවෝ”
  • Slovak: “Gao”
  • Slovenian: “Gao”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قائو”
  • Spanish: “Gao”
  • Swahili: “Gao”
  • Swedish: “Gao, Mali”
  • Swedish: “Gao”
  • Tamil: “காவோ”
  • Tatar: “Гао шәһәре”
  • Telugu: “గావో”
  • Thai: “กาโอ”
  • Turkish: “Gao”
  • Ukrainian: “Гао”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґао”
  • Urdu: “Gao”
  • Urdu: “گاو”
  • Uzbek: “Gao”
  • Vietnamese: “Gao”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gao”
  • Wu Chinese: “加奥”
  • Yoruba: “Gao”
  • “Gao”

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