Mopti
Mopti is the fifth administrative region of Mali, covering 79,017 km2. Its capital is the city of Mopti. During the 2012 Northern Mali conflict, the frontier between Southern Mali which is controlled by the central government and the rebel-held North ran through Mopti Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Djenné and Mopti.
Djenné
Djenné is a city in Mali, 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.
Mopti
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Mopti is one of the main ports in Mali, and a good gateway for many of the country's most impressive attractions such as Djenné, Timbuktu, and Dogon Country. Mopti is a city in the Mopti Region in Mali, north east of the capital Bamako.
Bandiagara
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Bandiagara is a small town and urban commune in the Mopti Region of Mali. The name translates roughly to "large eating bowl"—referring to the communal bowl meals are served in.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Hombori and Dogon Country.
Hombori
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Hombori is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Douentza in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains 25 villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 23,099.
Dogon Country
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Dogon Country is the name used for a region of south-central Mali renowned for its secluded villages embedded on cliffs that are up to 500 m tall which were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1989.
Sévaré
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Sévaré is a city in Mali's Mopti Region. It is a crossroads town of about 40,000. It lies on the main route through Mali between Gao in the east, and Segou and Bamako in the west. Many travellers pass through Sévaré en route to Mopti and Bandiagara.
Mopti
- Type: region of Mali with 2,040,000 residents
- Description: region of Mali
- Also known as: “Fifth Region”, “Mopti Region”, and “Region V”
- Location: Mali, Sahel, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Mopti” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة موبتي”
- Arabic: “منطقة موبتي”
- Arabic: “منطقه موبتي”
- Bambara: “ߡߏߕߌ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ”
- Basque: “Mopti eskualdea”
- Basque: “Moptiko eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Мопці”
- Bengali: “মুপ্তি অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Мопти”
- Catalan: “regió de Mopti”
- Catalan: “Regió de Mopti”
- Cebuano: “Mopti Region”
- Chinese: “Mopti Khu”
- Chinese: “莫普提区”
- Chinese: “莫普提區”
- Chinese: “莫普提地区”
- Danish: “Mopti”
- Dutch: “Mopti”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Mopti”
- Estonian: “Mopti piirkond”
- Finnish: “Moptin alue”
- French: “Mopti”
- French: “Région de Mopti”
- Galician: “rexión de Mopti”
- Georgian: “მოპტის რეგიონი”
- German: “ML-5”
- German: “Region Mopti”
- Greek: “Μοπτί”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Μοπτί”
- Gujarati: “મોપ્ટી પ્રદેશ”
- Hindi: “मोपटी क्षेत्र”
- Indonesian: “Region Mopti”
- Italian: “regione di Mopti”
- Italian: “Regione di Mopti”
- Japanese: “モプティ州”
- Kannada: “ಮೊಪ್ಟಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “몹티주”
- Latvian: “Mopti reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Mopčio regionas”
- Low German: “Region Mopti”
- Malay: “Mopti Region”
- Marathi: “मोपटी प्रदेश”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mopti Khu”
- N'Ko: “ߡߐߔߑߕߌ߬ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲”
- Northern Frisian: “Mopti”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mopti”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mopti-regionen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mopti”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Regionen Mopti”
- Norwegian: “Mopti”
- Persian: “استان موپتی”
- Polish: “Region Mopti”
- Portuguese: “Mopti”
- Portuguese: “Região Mopti”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Mopti”
- Russian: “Мопти”
- Sinhala: “මොප්ටි කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “Regija Mopti”
- South Azerbaijani: “موپتی اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Region de Mopti”
- Spanish: “Región de Mopti”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Mopti”
- Swedish: “Mopti”
- Tamil: “மோப்டி பகுதி”
- Telugu: “మోప్టి ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “แคว้นม็อปตี”
- Turkish: “Mopti Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Mopti Region”
- Ukrainian: “Мопті”
- Urdu: “Mopti Region”
- Urdu: “ریجن موپٹی”
- Urdu: “علاقہ موپٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Mopti”
- Welsh: “rhanbarth Mopti”
- Wu Chinese: “莫普提区”
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