Timbuktu

Timbuktu birni ne, da ke a yankin Tombouctou, a ƙasar Mali yammacin Afirka. Jami'ar Sankore da sauran makarantun addinin musulunci ko madrasas suna cikin gari. Garin yana da mahimmanci ga tunani da kuma addini a ƙarni na 15 da 16. Yana da mahimmanci wajen yada addinin Musulunci ta hanyar Afirka a wancan lokacin. Akwai manyan masallatai guda uku: Djingareyber, Sankore da Sidi Yahya.Tunatarwa ne game da zamanin zinar Timbuktu. Kullum ana gyara su, amma ana musu barazana saboda hamada tana yaduwa.

Timbuktu
Tombouctou (fr) تمبكتو (ar)
Wuri
16°46′24″N 2°59′58″W
Ƴantacciyar ƙasa	Mali
Region of Mali (en)	Timbuktu Region (en)
Babban birnin	Azawad (en)
Yawan mutane
Faɗi	35,330 (2012)
• Yawan mutane	238.89 mazaunan/km²
Labarin ƙasa
Yawan fili	14,789 ha
Altitude (en)	261 m
Bayanan tarihi
Muhimman sha'ani	list of World Heritage in Danger (en)
Bayanan Tuntuɓa
Kasancewa a yanki na lokaci	UTC±00:00 (en)

Masallacin Djingareiber, Timbuktu

Massallaci, Sankore Timbuktu

Mutanen Songhay, Abzinawa, Fulani, da na Mandé sune ke zaune a Timbuktu. Shi yana kilomita 15 arewa daa Kogin Neja . Akwai hanya ta hamadar Sahara daga gabas zuwa yamma kuma ana amfani da wannan don kasuwanci . Akwai wani daga arewa zuwa kudu . Waɗannan hanyoyi biyu sun haɗu a Timbuktu. Yana da wani entrepôt ga dutse gishiri daga Taoudenni . Wannan yana nufin cewa an kawo gishirin nan kuma a sayar wa wasu mutane su kai shi wani wuri, amma ba a biyan haraji .

Wurin ya taimaka mutane daban-daban sun haɗu, don haka mutanen gida, Abzinawa da Larabawa suka haɗu anan. Tana da dogon tarihi na cakuɗa kasuwancin Afirka, don haka ya zama sananne a Turai saboda wannan dalili. Saboda haka, mutanen yamma suna yawan tunanin Timbuktu a matsayin na musamman. Tana da yanayin hamada mai zafi ( BWh a cikin ƙirar yanayin Koeppen ).

Timbuktu ya ba Musulunci na duniya damar bincike da nazari. An rubuta littattafai masu mahimmanci kuma an kwafa su a Timbuktu a cikin ƙarni na 14. Wannan ya sa garin ya zama cibiyar rubutu a Afirka.