The currency used in Timbuktu is the West African CFA Franc. For reference, one U.S. dollar is equal to 482.9 CFAs.
Timbuktu is in Mali in western Africa.
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Timbuktu's population in the 1500's was 50,000 people.
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Timbuktu was important to Songai for it's location between the salt mines in Northern Africa, and Gold Fields in the south.
Timbuktu, historically a significant trading hub in Mali, primarily used gold and salt as its forms of currency during the height of the Mali Empire. Additionally, trade involved the use of cowrie shells, which were widely accepted across West Africa. In modern times, the currency of Mali is the West African CFA franc (XOF).
Timbuktu is on the eastern hemisphere.
There is no capital of Timbuktu (a city). It was the capital of the Mali Empire.
The city of Timbuktu is located in the African nation of Mali.
Baghdad's location at the western end of the Silk Road helped increase its wealth. It is said that a king from Timbuktu brought so much gold from Timbuktu to Mecca when the made the Hajj that it devalued the currency across the region.
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Timbuktu is itself a city and also the name of a region in Mali, a country in Africa. The city of Timbuktu is the capital of the Timbuktu region.
No one invented Timbuktu, it is a city. Timbuktu was founded by the Tuareg Imashagan in the 11th century.
Timbuktu's population today?
Timbuktu is in Mali in western Africa.
Timbuktu was a city and not a country.