Timbuktu (pron.: ), also spelled as Tinbuktu, Timbuctoo and Timbuktoo (; ; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu), is a historical and ongoingly inhabited city in the West African nation of Mali, situated north of the River Niger on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. The town is the capital of the Timbuktu Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali. It had a population of 54,453 in the 2009 census.

Timbuktu! is a musical, with lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright, set to music by Borodin, Forrest and Wright. The book is by Luther Davis. It is a resetting of Forrest and Wright's musical Kismet. The musical is set in 1361, in Timbuktu, in the Ancient Empire of Mali, West Africa.