Tin El Koum

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Tin El Koum
تين الكوم
Village
Tin El Koum is located in Algeria
Tin El Koum
Tin El Koum
Coordinates: 24°35′26″N 10°11′40″E / 24.59056°N 10.19444°E / 24.59056; 10.19444Coordinates: 24°35′26″N 10°11′40″E / 24.59056°N 10.19444°E / 24.59056; 10.19444
Country Algeria
ProvinceDjanet Province
DistrictDjanet District
CommuneDjanet[1]
Elevation
735 m (2,411 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Tin El Koum (also written Tin Alkoum; Arabic: تين الكوم‎) is a village in the commune of Djanet,[1] in Djanet District, Illizi Province, Algeria. It is located in the same valley as Ghat in Libya, deep within in the south-eastern Tassili N'Ajjer mountain range, east of Djanet.[2] It is the location of a border crossing into Libya which is controlled by independent Tuareg militias in the Libyan civil war.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued" (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne. 19 December 1984. p. 1554. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2013 or before. Retrieved 2 March 2013. Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)
  2. ^ "Tin Alkoum, Algeria". Geonames.org. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Algeria thwarts Mali arms smuggling". Magharebia. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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