Sangha (sometimes spelled Sanga) is a rural commune in the Cercle of Bandigara in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains around 44 small villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 32,513. The administrative centre (chef-lieu) is the village of Sangha Ogol Leye, one of a cluster of at least 10 small villages at the top of the Bandiagara Escarpment.

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Sacred places Bandiagara Escarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori Nri-Igbo Nsukka Ouidah Oyo Point of Sangomar Sangha Sangha Ogol Leye Sine Sine River Somb Tattaguine Tukar Yaboyabo Youga Dogorou
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Sangha
Commune
Sangha Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°27′54″N 3°18′22″W
Country	Mali
Region	Mopti Region
Cercle	Bandiagara Cercle
Population  (2009 census)[1]
• Total	32,513
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

The commune is known as a centre for Dogon traditional religion with many temples and shrines, and as a base for visitors to the local Dogon villages. Toro So is spoken in the village of Sangha.[2] Most of the ethnographic work by Marcel Griaule was carried out among the Dogon of Sangha.

Gallery

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  Multicoloured clothing at Sangha market, 1992
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  Women with children and cassava roots at Sangha market, 1992
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  A toguna at Sangha, 2006
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  View of Sangha, 2007
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  Multistoried masks during a dance in Sangha, 2007
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  Door of the house of the Hogon in Sangha, Ogol quarter, 2007

See also

• Binou
• Lebe
• Tellem
• Toloy
• Yaboyabo
• Awa Society

References

External links

• Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Sangha 2006-2010 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006.
• Map of Mopti and Dogon country, ND 30-6, 1:250,000, University of Texas, US Army, 1954.

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