Gao is a city in Mali and the capital of Gao Region. Gao or GAO may also refer to: Places Gao (department), a commune of Ziro Province, Burkina Faso Gao County, in Sichuan, People's Republic of China Gao, a village in Poyang County, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China Gao, Iran Gao Empire, ancient state in Mali Gao Region, a region of Mali Gao Cercle, an administrative subdivision of Gao Region Languages Gao language, spoken in the Solomon Islands Gao dialect of the Koyraboro Senni Songhay language spoken in Mali Gao-Yang Yue, spoken in the southwestern Guangdong, China Battles Battle of Gao, the first of several battles in the 2012 Northern Mali conflict Second Battle of Gao Third Battle of Gao Fourth Battle of Gao Fifth Battle of Gao Other uses Laccosperma secundiflorum, a species of tropical palm tree Faidherbia albida, an economically important species of tree found in Africa and the Middle East Gao (mansa), Mansa of the Mali Empire 1300–1305 Gao (surname) (高), a Chinese family name Gao-Guenie, a meteorite that fell in 1960 in Burkina Faso Government Accountability Office (GAO), the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress Gao, a character in the manga Phoenix Gao Gao, a giant panda Gao Village, featured in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West See also Gaos (disambiguation) Goa (disambiguation)