Mondoro

Mondoro

Mondoro

Commune and village in Mopti Region, Mali

Mondoro (Mɔ̀ndɔ́:rɔ́) is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Douentza in the Mopti Region of Mali, near the border of Burkina Faso. The commune contains 22 villages and had a population of 42,631 in the 2009 census. The commune is the largest by area and population in the Douentza Cercle.

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Mondoro village has tanners (Morba clan), dyers, and blacksmiths. Most villagers have the surnames Ongoiba and Morba. A few are also surnamed Goro and Sanga. Jamsay Dogon is spoken in the village. There is a weekly Monday market.[2]

On March 4, 2022, rebels entered the village and attacked an army base with car bombs, killing 27 soldiers and injuring over 33 others.[3] The government declared a three-day national day of mourning in response.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-19, retrieved 2012-05-05.
  2. [2]
    Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Mondoro". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  3. [3]
    "Rebels attack army base in central Mali, killing 27 soldiers". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  4. [4]
    AfricaNews (2022-03-06). "UN Mission in Mali condemns extremist attacks". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-03-06.


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