Gory | |
Settlement Type: | Commune and small town |
Pushpin Map: | Mali |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mali |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kayes Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
Subdivision Name2: | Yélimané Cercle |
Population As Of: | 2009 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 10760 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 15.1089°N -10.7581°W |
Gory is a rural commune and small town in the Cercle of Yélimané in the Kayes Region of western Mali, near the border of Mauritania. The commune contains the following ten villages: Biladjimi, Chiguegué, Darsalam, Foungou, Gory, Gory Banda, Mongoro, Sabouciré, Sambancanou and Takoutallah. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 10,760. The town of Gory is 25 km west of the town of Yélimané.
Gory is one of the most important historical towns of the Diafunu region. During Mahmadu Lamine's war against French colonialism, his son Souaiybou was besieged for five months in the Gory tata, until April 1887. Upon his capture, he was court-martialed and shot at age 18.[2]