{{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Kirchamba |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type =Commune and village |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map =<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize =300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Mali <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mali}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Tombouctou Region |subdivision_type2 =Cercle |subdivision_name2 = Diré Cercle |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |<!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =1998 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =2305 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone =GMT |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = <!-- {{coord|||region:ML_type:city|display=inline,title}} --> |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = Climate |blank_info = BWh |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} ''' Kirchamba ''' is a village and commune of the Cercle of Diré in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 2,305.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mali-reforme-telecom.mctmtl.com/previsions.pdf |title=Previsions de desserte des communes pour la periode de 2001-2005 |publisher=Mali Reforme Telecom |access-date=February 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829024117/http://mali-reforme-telecom.mctmtl.com/previsions.pdf |archivedate=August 29, 2004 }}</ref>

==History== Kirchamba was founded by the Kehath (Ka'ti) family, Spanish Sephardi Jews who were descended from Ismael Jan Kot Al-yahudi of Scheida in Southern Morocco. The Kehath (Ka'ti) family settled in the Songhai Empire in 1492. The Kehath family later converted to Islam along with the rest of the local non-Muslim population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iajgscemetery.org/africa/mali/timbuktu |title=Timbuktu |accessdate=2022-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shavei.org/blog/2011/05/30/timbuktu-mali/ |title=Timbuktu (Mali) |publisher=Shavei Israel |accessdate=2022-03-27}}</ref>

==See also== *Jews of Bilad el-Sudan

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Category:Communes of Tombouctou Region Category:Historic Jewish communities in West Africa Category:Jews and Judaism in Mali Category:Moroccan diaspora in Africa Category:Moroccan-Jewish diaspora Category:Sephardi Jewish culture in Africa Category:Spanish diaspora in Africa Category:Spanish-Jewish diaspora

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