Gao (English spelling)

Japanese: ガオ（英語表記）Gao

A city in central-eastern Mali. Capital of Gao prefecture. Located on the left bank of the Niger River, about 310 km east-southeast of Timbuktu. Famous as a key point on the route across the Sahara since ancient times, it was the capital of the Mali Empire and the Songhai Kingdom in the 15th and 16th centuries. The tomb and mosque of Askia Muhammad of the Songhai Kingdom remain. In 2004, Askia's tomb was registered as a World Heritage Site. It is a distribution center for rice, millet, potatoes, and beans, and exports butter, wool, leather, livestock, etc. There is a river port and a domestic airport. Population 54,874 (1987 estimate).

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Japanese:

マリ中東部の町。ガオ県の県都。トンブクトゥ東南東約 310km，ニジェール川左岸に位置。古来サハラ砂漠縦断路の要衝として栄え，15～16世紀にはマリ帝国，ソンガイ王国の首都。ソンガイ王国のアスキア・ムハンマドの墓とモスクが残る。 2004年アスキアの墓が世界遺産の文化遺産に登録。米，ミレット，ジャガイモ，豆類の集散地で，バター，羊毛，皮革，家畜などを移出。河港と国内空港がある。人口5万 4874 (1987推計) 。

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