Yangasso

Yangasso
Commune and town
Yangasso Location in Mali
Coordinates: 13°4′N 5°19′W
Country	Mali
Region	Ségou Region
Cercle	Bla Cercle
Population  (1998)
• Total	14,456
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Yangasso is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Bla in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 14,456.[1]

On 21 December 1915, a column of Senegalese Tirailleurs of the French Army was defeated here in a battle of the Volta-Bani War.[2]

References

1. "Previsions de desserte des communes pour la periode de 2001-2005" (PDF). Mali Reforme Telecom. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
2. Traoré, Samba Lamine (2011). La saga de la ville historique de Ségou. L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2296559028.