Assamaka
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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.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city_region, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Assamaka is referenced by 9 other articles, and connects out to Iwellemmedan people, Niger and time zone.
Vinony files it under Algeria–Niger border crossings and Populated places in Niger.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Ingall
- Region
- Agadez ⴰⴳⴰⴷⴻⵣ منطقة أغاديس
- Country
- Niger
- Population
- 0
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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
- 365
- Settlement.timezone
- West Africa Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- West Africa Time
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +1
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 451
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- 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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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Assamaka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations