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    Djenné (Bambara: ߖߍ߬ߣߍ߫, romanized: Jɛ̀nɛ́; also known as Djénné, Jenné, and Jenne) is a Songhai town and urban commune in the Inland Niger Delta region...
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    The Great Mosque of Djenné (Arabic: الجامع الكبير في جينيه, romanized: al-Jāmiʻ al-Kabīr fī Jinih) is a large brick or adobe building in the Sudano-Sahelian...
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    Djenné-Djenno (also Jenne-Jeno; /ˈdʒɛniː dʒʌˌnoʊ/) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Niger River Valley in the country of Mali. Literally...
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    Djenné Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Mopti Region of Mali. The administrative center (chef-lieu) is the town of Djenné. In the 2009 census...
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    The Old Towns of Djenné (Arabic: مدن جنة القديمة, romanized: mudun Janna al-qadīma, French: villes anciennes de Djenné) is an archaeological and urban...
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    Hassaniya Arabic, Tamasheq and Fulfulde are found. Djenné Chiini [dʒɛnːɛ tʃiːni], the dialect spoken in Djenné, is mutually comprehensible, but has noticeable...
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    New Mexico, US San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe, New Mexico Great Mosque of Djenné, famous building made from banco, a type of adobe Taos Pueblo showing adobe-ovens...
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    including residences and a large city wall. The first Great Mosque of Djenné (built around 1200 to 1330) in modern Mali, according to traditional accounts...
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    sites such as Djenné-Djenno disprove this, as these traditions in West Africa flourished long before. Towns similar to that at Djenne-Jeno also developed...
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  • the Ghana Empire developed in the 1st millennium CE. The civilization of Djenné-Djenno was located in the Niger River valley in Mali and is considered to...
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