What is Djenné?
'''Djenné''' is a city in [[Mali]]. About 33,000 people lived there in 2009. The city lies on an island, and is known for the [[Great Mosque of Djenné]] . People have lived there since about the year 800 CE. It is a Songhai town and urban [[Communes of France|commune]] in the Inland [[Niger Delta]] region of central Mali, The commune includes ten of the surrounding villages and in 2009 had a population of 32,944. The history of Djenné is closely linked with that of [[Timbuktu]]. Between the 15th and 17th centuries much of the trans-Saharan trade in goods such as salt, gold, and slaves that moved in and out of Timbuktu passed through Djenné. {{geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Djenne}} [[Category:Cities in Mali]]