Tinzaouaten
تين ظواتين ⵜⵉⵏⵣⴰⵡⴰⵜⴰⵏ | |
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Commune and village | |
Coordinates: 19°56′55″N 2°58′04″E / 19.94861°N 2.96778°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Kidal Region |
Cercle | Abeïbara Cercle |
Control | CSP-DPA |
Area | |
• Total | 8,750 km2 (3,380 sq mi) |
Elevation | 618 m (2,028 ft) |
Population (2009 census)[2] | |
• Total | 2,300 |
• Density | 0.26/km2 (0.68/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Tinzaouaten (var. Tinzawatene and Tin-Zaouatene; Arabic: تين ظواتين) is a Saharan rural commune in the far northeast of Mali on the Algerian border. The commune is in the Abeïbara Cercle of the Kidal Region. It included a stop on a trans-Saharan trade route and a military post on the frontier under the French colonial regime. In 2009 the 8,000 square kilometer commune had a population of 2,300, most of whom are nomadic Tuareg.[1] The Algerian settlement of Tinzaouten is on the Algerian side of the border.[3]
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