Gory, Mali

Gory
Commune and small town
Gory Location in Mali
Coordinates: 15°6′32″N 10°45′29″W / 15.10889°N 10.75806°W / 15.10889; -10.75806
Country	Mali
Region	Kayes Region
Cercle	Yélimané Cercle
Population  (2009 census)[1]
• Total	10,760
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

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]

• Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Gory 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-13.

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