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Gao

Gao /ɡ/ is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. The city is located on the River Niger, 320 km (200 mi) east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley.

For much of its history Gao was an important commercial centre involved in the trans-Saharan trade. In the 9th century external Arabic writers described Gao as an important regional power and by the end of the 10th century the local ruler was said to be a Muslim. Towards the end of the 13th century Gao became part of the Mali Empire, but in first half of the 15th century the town regained its independence and with the conquests of Sonni Ali (ruled 1464–1492) it became the capital of the Songhai Empire. The Empire collapsed after the Moroccan invasion in 1591 and the invaders chose to make Timbuktu their capital. By the time of Heinrich Barth's visit in 1854, Gao had declined to become an impoverished village with 300 huts constructed from matting. In 2009, the urban commune had a population of 86,633.

Gao (disambiguation)

Gao is a city in Mali and the capital of Gao Region.

Gao or GAO may also refer to:

Places

  • Gao County, in Sichuan, People's Republic of China
  • Gao Empire, ancient state in Mali
  • Gao Region, a region of Mali
    • Gao Cercle, an administrative subdivision of Gao Region
  • Gao Cercle, an administrative subdivision of Gao Region
  • Gao, a village in Poyang County, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China
  • Gao, Iran
  • Languages

  • Gao language, spoken in the Solomon Islands
  • Gao dialect of the Koyraboro Senni Songhay language spoken in Mali
  • Battles

  • Battle of Gao, the first of several battles in the 2012 Northern Mali conflict
  • Second Battle of Gao
  • Third Battle of Gao
  • Fourth Battle of Gao
  • Fifth Battle of Gao
  • Other uses

  • Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum, a type of tropical palm tree
  • Gao (surname) (高), a Chinese family name
  • Gao-Guenie, a meteorite that fell in 1960 in Burkina Faso
  • Government Accountability Office (GAO), the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress
  • Gao, a character in the manga Phoenix
  • Gao–Guenie meteorite

    Gao–Guenie is a H5 ordinary chondrite meteorite fell on in 1960 in Burkina Faso, Africa. The fall was composed by a large number of fragments and it is one of the largest observed meteorite showers in Africa to date.

    Name

    The meteorites formerly known as Gao and Guenie in 1999 were officially paired and they name fused into the collective name Gao–Guenie.

    History

    Gao–Guenie meteorites fell in Burkina Faso on March 5, 1960 at 17:00 (local time). After three separate detonations, several thousands of stones rained down over an area of about 70 square kilometres (27 sq mi). The sound of the fall was heard as far as Ouagadougou, which is 100 kilometres (62 mi) away. Eyewitnesses said that some trees were broken and henhouses destroyed. The largest stones recovered weigh up to 10 kilograms (22 lb).

    Composition and classification

    Gao–Guenie is classified as H5 ordinary chondrite.

  • Surface details of a small oriented fragment

  • Surface details of a small oriented fragment

  • 308 g sample

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