Mount Hombori
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Mount Hombori is a mountain in Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

's Mopti Region
Mopti Region
Mopti is the fifth administrative region of Mali, covering 79,017 km². Its capital is the city of Mopti.-Geography:Mopti Region is bordered by Tombouctou Region to the north, Ségou Region to the southwest, and Burkina Faso to the southeast....

, near the town of Hombori
Hombori
Hombori is a town in Mali, lying between Mopti and Gao on the slopes of the Hombori Tondo mesa. It is in the traditional region of Gourma, and the current région administrative de Mopti, Cercle of Douentza....

. At 1,153 meters, it is the highest point in Mali.

Mount Hombori is a significant archaeological
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...

site, with caves inhabited more than 2,000 years ago.

Images from Hombori:
- Mount Hombori: http://static2.bareka.com/photos/medium/1487653/view-hombori.jpg
- Main de Fatima: http://static4.bareka.com/photos/medium/1487779/main-fatima-from-hombori.jpg
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