ar, تودني
bam, ߕߊߎߘߋߣߌ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ
french: Taoudénit
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Taoudénit (
Bambara: ߕߊߎߘߋߣߌ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Taudeni Dineja) is a
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
of
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Ma ...
legislatively created in 2012 from the northern part of
Timbuktu Cercle
Timbuktu Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Tombouctou Region of Mali. It is the largest cercle by area in the whole of Mali. The capital lies at the city of Timbuktu. The cercle is divided into Rural and Urban Communes, and below th ...
in
Tombouctou Region
Tombouctou Region ( Bambara: ߕߎߡߎߕߎ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Tumutu Dineja) is one of the administrative regions of Mali. For administrative purposes, the region is subdivided into five cercles.
The region is part of northern Mali that was separa ...
.
Actual implementation of the region began on 19 January 2016 with the appointment of Abdoulaye Alkadi as the region's governor.
Members of the region's transitional council were appointed on 14 October 2016.
General Abderrahmane Ould Meydou replaced Alkadi as governor in July 2017.
Area:323,326 sq
km. Inhabitants:18,160.
The region is divided into six
cercles
Cercles (; oc, Cercle) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Tour-Blanche-Cercles.
History
From 1825 to 1877, the nearby town of La ...
:
Achouratt,
Al-Ourche,
Araouane
Araouane or Arawan is a small village in the Malian part of the Sahara Desert, lying north of Timbuktu on the caravan route to the salt-mining centre of Taoudenni. The village once served as an entrepôt in the trans-Saharan trade.
History
Bet ...
,
Boudje-Béha,
Foum-Alba and
Taoudénit.
The capital will be located at Taoudénit,
[ although the government is currently based in ]Timbuktu
Timbuktu ( ; french: Tombouctou;
Koyra Chiini: ); tmh, label= Tuareg, script=Tfng, ⵜⵏⴱⴾⵜ, Tin Buqt a city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrat ...
owing to the lack of infrastructure in Taoudénit.[
]
References
Regions of Mali
States and territories established in 2016
2016 establishments in Mali
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