Tchintabaraden

Tchintabaraden
Commune and town
Tchintabaraden Location in Niger
Coordinates: 15°53′52.8″N 5°48′10.8″E / 15.898000°N 5.803000°E / 15.898000; 5.803000
Country	Niger
Region	Tahoua Region
Department	Tchintabaraden Department
Elevation	1,410 ft (430 m)
Population  (2011)
• Total	30,878
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

View of Tchintabaraden in 2016.

Tchintabaraden (var. Tchin-Tabaraden, Tchin Tabaraden) is a town and commune located in the Azawagh area of Niger, in the north of the Tahoua Region.It is the capital of the region's Tchintabaraden Department. It is the market center for the Tuareg. The first insurrectionist movement for the autonomy of Tenere, the Tuareg region in central-north and western Niger, began here and in nearby Abalagh in 1985. In the neighboring oasis of In-Gall, the Cure Salee, or "the festival of the nomads", is held annually.

The name means "valley of the young girls".^[1] It was so named due to the former practice of all of the young women and girls going to the large well in town to draw water daily. With running water, this is no longer a needed ritual.^{[citation needed]}

Coordinates: 15°53′53″N 5°48′11″E / 15.898°N 5.803°E / 15.898; 5.803

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