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Gouméra

commune and town in Kayes Region, Mali

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 10, 2022
Entity authorityQ3003144 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gouméra is a village and urban commune in the Cercle of Kayes in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. In 2009 the commune had a population of 2,770.

References

External links

Plan de Securité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Gouméra 2007–2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-25.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Gouméra” as commune and town in Kayes Region, Mali. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gouméra, commune and town.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2007, 2011, 2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Gouméra, commune and town providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Gouméra”, the useful work is to connect “commune and town in Kayes Region, Mali” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 10, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q3003144. Authority coordinates are 14.557, -11.300. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009, 2007, 2011 and 2006.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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.

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  • 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 “Gouméra”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Gouméra primary sources, Gouméra archive and Gouméra 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 “Gouméra”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Gouméra” 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.