Essakane

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title: "Essakane" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-of-tombouctou-region", "tuareg"] topic_path: "general/communes-of-tombouctou-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essakane" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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area_total_km2	7927
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archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215701/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/tombouctou.pdf
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archive-date	2011-07-22
publisher	République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique
title	Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Tombouctou)
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Between 2001 and 2009 Essakane was the site of an annual music festival held in January called the Festival au Désert (Festival in the Desert). Because of the difficulty of guaranteeing the security of foreign tourists, in 2010 and 2011 the Malian Government moved the festival to the outskirts of Timbuktu. The festival showcases the music of the local Tuareg people, as well as musicians from other nearby nations such as Mauritania and Niger.

References

(2004). "Schéma directeur de lutte contre l’ensablement dans le nord du Mali (6ème et 7ème Régions): Monographie de la Commune de Essakane". Groupement pour l’Aménagement et la Gestion de Forêts et l’Environnement, Ministère de l’environnement et de l’assainissement, République du Mali.
Togola, Diakaridia. (11 January 2010). "Festival sur le désert : Essakane a vibré au rythme de la 10ème édition". Le Quotidien de Bamako.
(28 October 2010). "Tombouctou : Le Festival du Désert aura bien lieu". Primature: Portail Officiel du Gouvernement Mali.

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