Tringa is a commune in the Cercle of Yélimané in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The commune contains the four villages: Diakoné, Dialaka, Lambatara and Maréna. The administrative centre (chef-lieu) is Maréna. In 2009 the commune had a population of 12,509.
Sometimes spelled Tiringa, the area was historically a Soninke dyamare (chiefdom or confederacy) beginning in the period of the Wagadu Empire. It is mentioned by al-Bakri as a country on the road between Galambu and the capital and a major producer of cotton.Hunwick J. O., Meillassoux Claude, Triaud Jean-Louis. La géographie du Soudan d’après al-Bakri. Trois lectures. In: 2000 ans d’histoire africaine. Le sol, la parole et l’écrit. Mélanges en hommage à Raymond Mauny. Tome I. Paris : Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer, 1981. pp. 401-428. (Bibliothèque d'histoire d'outre-mer. Études, 5-6-1) www.persee.fr/doc/sfhom_1768-7144_1981_mel_5_1_949 Tiringa was among the first areas conquered by the Bathily dynasty as they established the kingdom of Gajaaga, but regained its independence during a succession crisis. The name 'Tiringa' means 'country of the elephants', and it in fact exported significant quantities of ivory in the 17th century.
Tiringa became a canton under the French colonial regime, then an arrondissement after independence, then a commune in the early 1990s.Stéphanie Lima, « L’émergence d’une toponymie plurielle au Mali », L’Espace Politique [En ligne], 5 | 2008-2, mis en ligne le 17 décembre 2008, consulté le 14 septembre 2025. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/1115; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.1115
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