Tongué, Mali
Tongué | |
|---|---|
Commune and village | |
| Coordinates: 13°35′43″N 5°16′37″W / 13.59528°N 5.27694°W | |
| Country | Mali |
| Region | Ségou Region |
| Cercle | Macina Cercle |
| Area | |
• Total | 129 km2 (50 sq mi) |
| Population (2009 census) | |
• Total | 5,584 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Tongué is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Macina in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune covers an area of approximately 129 square kilometers and includes 10 villages. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 5,584.
Abderrahmane al-Sadi, author of the Tarikh al-Sudan, passed through the town in 1644. At the time it was on the border between two petty kingdoms, Shyeladugu and Kamyandugu.