| Tessit | |
| Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
| Pushpin Map: | Mali |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mali |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gao Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ansongo Cercle |
| Parts Type: | Control |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | Islamic State in the Greater Sahara |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 1998 |
| Population Total: | 6717 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 15.2167°N -18°W |
Tessit is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 6,717.[1]
Between March 15 and 16, 2021, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara fighters clashed with Malian and French troops over control of a Malian military base, with ISGS jihadists overrunning the coalition and taking over the town.
