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Niafunké — Town — Coordinates: 15°55′52″N 3°59′24″W / 15.931°N 3.990°WCoordinates: 15°55′52″N 3°59′24″W / 15.931°N 3.990°W Country Mali Region Tombouctou Cercle Niafunké Commune Soboundou Niafunké is a town in north central Mali. Niafunké was the home town of musician/farmer Ali Farka Touré, who moved there as an infant and went on to become the town's mayor in 2004 after Mr Ousmane Sall the first mayor of Niafunke.
Niafunké is also the name of an album recorded by Ali Farka Touré in 1999.
Communes and towns of the Tombouctou Region Capital: Timbuktu Diré Cercle Goundam Cercle Goundam (Goundam) · Alzounoub (Sonima) · Bintagoungou (Bintagoungou) · Douekire (Douekire) · Adarmalane (Adarmalane) · Gargando (Gargando) · Issa Bery (Toucabangou) · Kaneye (Kaneye) · Doukouria (Doukouria) · M'Bouna (M'Bouna) · Tilemsi (Kel Malha) · Tele (Hangabéra) · Essakane (Essakane) · Raz El Ma (Raz El Ma) · Tin Aicha (Tin Aicha) · Tonka (Tonka)Gourma-Rharous Cercle Niafunké Cercle Timbuktu Cercle Tombouctou (Tombouctou) · Lafia (Aglal) · Alafia (Toya) · Ber (Ber) · Bourem-Inaly (Bourem-Inaly) · Salam (Agouni)Categories:- Populated places in the Tombouctou Region
- Tombouctou Region geography stubs
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