Kidal region
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| Country | Mali |
| Capital | Kidal |
| surface | 151,450 km² |
| Residents | 67,638 |
| density | 0.4 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | ML-8 |
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Coordinates: 19 ° 58 ′ N , 0 ° 45 ′ E
The Kidal region is located in northeast Mali . 67,638 people live in 151,450 square kilometers. This makes the region more than twice the size of Bavaria ; however, it only has as many inhabitants as Flensburg .
The Kidal region was formed in 1991 after an uprising . Most of the residents are Tuareg . You speak Tamascheq .
The region borders on the Timbuktu region to the west, the Gao region to the south, the Republic of Niger to the east and Algeria to the north . There is a desert climate; During the day it gets up to 45 ° C, at night it cools down to 12 ° C.
There are no rivers or paved roads. Livestock, trade and handicrafts are the most important branches of the economy. The main cities are Kidal and Tessalit . However, many residents are still nomads .
The area is divided into four circles (cercles) ; there are eleven municipalities. Alhamdou ag Ilyene has been the governor of the region since January 2005.
Circles:
Individual evidence
- ↑ INSTAT: Results of the 2009 census ( Memento from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 670 kB)
