Kidal (Mali

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Kidal (Mali : Region)
Other forms of name
Region de Kidal (Mali)
Associated country
Mali
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 150436980
Wikidata: Q338988
Library of congress: no2002100748
OCoLC: oca05904506
Sources of Information
  • GEOnet, 26 Nov. 2004(Kidal, Région de; ADM1, 19°55ʹN, 001°05ʺE)
  • Annuaire statistique. Region de Kidal, 1997
  • GEOnet, 26 Nov. 2004(Kidal, Region de; ADM1, 19⁰0ʹ 55' N, 001⁰0ʹ 05" E)

Wikipedia description:

Kidal Region (Bambara: ߞߌߘߊߟ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Kidal Dineja) the eighth administrative region of Mali, covering 151,450 square kilometres or 58,480 square miles. This area was formerly part of Gao Region, but was created as a separate region in 1991. It is located in the north of the country. It was under the control of different armed movements such as the Ansar Dine and MNLA until January 2013, when French forces liberated the region. The Region's administrative capital is the town of Kidal.

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