Timiaouine

Timiaouine (also called Timiaouine, Timéiaouine, Timéiawine) (, Amazigh: ⵜⵉⵎⵢⴰⵡⵉⵏ) is a town and commune in Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, Bordj Baji Mokhtar Province, in southwest Algeria near the border with Mali. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 4,493, up from 4,206 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.7%, the lowest rate in the province.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Timiaouine
Settlement.native_name: ﺗﻴﻤﻴﺎوﻳﻦ
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and commune
Settlement.image_skyline: Hotel de ville de Timiaouine.jpg
Settlement.image_map: Dz - Bordj Badji Mokhtar (wilaya d'Adrar) location map.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 200px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Timiaouine commune within the former Adrar Province
Settlement.pushpin_map: Algeria
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Timiaouine within Algeria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name: Algeria
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Bordj Badji Mokhtar
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bordj Badji Mokhtar
Settlement.area_total_km2: 12553

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History
Toponimia
Geography
Location
Localities
Transportation
Education
Health
Climate
References

== History == In 1904, France sent two columns to exploit the last major gap in the central Sahara, the Adrar des Ifoghas. One departs from Tamanrasset, to the north, under the command of General Laperrine, the other from Timbuktu, to the south, under the command of Lieutenant Théveniaud. They were found on the 1st of 1904 in the Timiau well.

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