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Gagna

village in Mopti Region, Mali

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 28, 2022
Entity authorityQ5516879 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gagna (Gáɲàgà) is a village and seat (chef-lieu) of the rural commune of Derary in the Cercle of Djenné in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali.

Tommo So is spoken in the village. The local surname is Kanambaye.

References

External links

Schutyser, Sebastian, Gagna Mosque, Archnet, archived from the original on 2011-06-29.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Gagna” as village in Mopti Region, Mali. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Gagna, village and Mopti can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Mopti Region, Mali. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 28, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q5516879. Authority coordinates are 14.017, -4.517. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Gagna”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Gagna primary sources, Gagna archive and Gagna research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Gagna”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Gagna” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.