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Gao (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 16 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 16.8330 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 1.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mainly populated along banks of the Niger River where irrigation allows for cultivation of rice, wheat and sorghum; chief inhabitants are the Songhai of the Niger Valley and the nomadic Tuareg of the Sahara; phosphate mines are located in the Tilemsi area. |
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| Gao (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Gao, Region de (C,V)
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| Region de Geo (C,V)
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| Gao region (C,O)
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| Region VII (C,V)
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| Seventh Region (C,V)
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| Région de Gao (C,U,O)
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| ML09 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Gao Region (C,U,English)
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Mali (nation) (P) |
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Gao (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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