Timbuktu

Timbuktu (franz. Tombouctou) is ene Oasenstadt in Mali mit 32.463 Inwahners (Stand 1. Januar 2005). Se liggt nördossen vun de Massina un nörden vun'n Stroom Niger, wo sick Kabara, de Haven vun de Stadt afblieft.

Timbuktu worr dat eerste Mol 1000 upneumt un höörde vun't 12. Jahrhunnert to't Riek vun de Songhai un to’t Riek Mali. Dat weer wiels dat en wichtigen Oort för Karawanen un Medelpunkt vun't Geistesläwen vun'n Islam. De Solthannel weer in Saken Wertschap wichtig för de Stadt. Wahrschienlich 1828 kehm dat eerste Mol en Europäer noh Timbuktu, nohwiesen is män blots eerst de Reis vun Heinrich Barth, de de 7. September 1852 in de Stadt ankehm. 1893 worr Timbuktu vun Frankriek innahmen un in sien Koloniaalriek integreerd.

Da historische Stadtbild höört wegens de charakteristische Lehmbuwies un untellige Moscheen ut't 13. bet 15. Jahrhunnert to't Weltkulturarv vun de UNESCO.

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