Assamaka
Sign in to saveAssamakka is a small desert town in northern Niger at a main border crossing with Algeria. It is the only official crossing point between the two nations. Assamakka shares the border with the larger town of In Guezzam 10 km on the Algerian side. A main road extends north in Algeria to Tamanrasset, 400 km away. Assamakka is connected to the town of Arlit, 200 km to the south by a road which remains in largely a sand "Piste". From Arlit, the "Uranium Highway", a tarred road built in the 1970s for mining trucks, travels south to Agadez and Niamey.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Assamakka
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Niger
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Niger
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Niger
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Agadez Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tchirozerine
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_total
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Niger
- Located in
- Ingall
- Population
- +513
- Elevation
- +451
- Image
- ASC Leiden - van Achterberg Collection - 01 - 06 - Des hommes Toarareg près d'un camion dans le désert - Assamaka, Niger, février 1985.tiff
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Border regulation
- Geography
- Population
- Tuareg insurgency
- References
Assamakka is a small desert town in northern Niger at a main border crossing with Algeria. It is the only official crossing point between the two nations. Assamakka shares the border with the larger town of In Guezzam 10 km on the Algerian side. A main road extends north in Algeria to Tamanrasset, 400 km away. Assamakka is connected to the town of Arlit, 200 km to the south by a road which remains in largely a sand "Piste". From Arlit, the "Uranium Highway", a tarred road built in the 1970s for mining trucks, travels south to Agadez and Niamey.
==Border regulation== While the military on either side of the border have frequently closed this border post to traffic due to Tuareg insurgencies of the 1990s and 2000s, the border area in this region has no effective controls or even marking. Easily transported border wall material is stored near the border crossing on the Niger side, ready to deploy.